Compliance | May 31st, 2007 Mid-Year Amendments to 401(k) Safe Harbor Plans OK May 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance sanctioning mid-year changes to 401(k) safe harbor plans...
Benefits | May 16th, 2007 Cost Greatest Retirement Plan Barrier for Micro-Business Owners May 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About 80% of micro-businesses do not offer retirement plans to their owners or employees, and...
Investing | May 15th, 2007 401(k) Participants Continue Pulling Out of Equities in April May 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants continued shifting their assets from equities to fixed income investments in April, but...
Products | May 3rd, 2007 Symetra, Washington Master Builders Association Team up for Benefits Package May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Master Builders Association of two Washington counties is offering its member employers a new...
Benefits | April 30th, 2007 Early Roth Adopters Are Active Retirement Savers April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans at The Vanguard Group who opted to take advantage of the...
Products | April 30th, 2007 Nationwide Helps Ease 401(k) Enrollment Challenge April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services has come out with a three-phase process to help plan sponsors educate...
Compliance | April 30th, 2007 Regulators Put Out Final Roth 401(k) Distribution Guidance April 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly issued rules on the taxation of distributions from Roth 401(k) accounts keep many provisions...
Products | April 20th, 2007 PNC Gives Face Lift to Vested Interest 401(k) Platform April 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PNC Financial Services Group has beefed up its Vested Interest 401(k) platform with a revamped...
Investing | April 13th, 2007 March 401(k) Transfers Directed Toward Fixed Income April 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The name of the game for 401(k) participants in March was fixed income with $572...
Benefits | April 11th, 2007 Poll: 14% of U.S. Adults Participating in 401(k) Plans April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A low 11% of workers under age 35 say they are participating in their company's...
Benefits | March 19th, 2007 Michigan Lawmakers Propose Help for Small Business 401(k) Plans March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michigan House Democrats announced a proposal Monday that would give small businesses state help in...
Benefits | March 13th, 2007 Workers Falling Behind in Savings March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A quarter of U.S. workers do not participate in a retirement plan and 21% say...
Compliance | March 6th, 2007 Congressional Committee Hears 401(k) Fee Disclosure Testimony March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional hearing addressed Tuesday whether fees paid by 401(k) participants take too big a...
Benefits | March 6th, 2007 Higher Earners also Among 401(k) Non-Participants March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Watson Wyatt analysis has found that younger, lower-paid workers are not the only...
Benefits | March 1st, 2007 MI Energy Company Stops Offering Company Stock in 401(k) Plan March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fearful of being hit with participant lawsuits relating to the use of company stock in...
Benefits | February 27th, 2007 Older Plan Participants Less Likely to Take 401(k) Loans February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five employees eligible to take a loan from their 401(k) plan actually did...
Benefits | February 27th, 2007 PPA and Accounting Regulations Prompt FedEx Retirement Plan Changes February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corporation said Tuesday it was making some changes to its retirement offerings, which includes...
Products | February 26th, 2007 Perspective Partners Unveils Outcome Reports for 401(k) Plan Evaluation February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perspective Partners, LLC., has released a tool that helps financial advisers work with plan sponsors...
Compliance | February 23rd, 2007 IRS Publishes 401(k) Checklist for Plan Sponsors February 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A checklist published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can help plan sponsors comply with...
Benefits | February 22nd, 2007 HP Freezes DB Plan, Sweetens Early Retirement Offers February 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard announced this week it would freeze contributions to current employees' defined benefit plans to...