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Benefits in the News > By Subject > 401(k) plans Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Many 401(k) Participants Show High Aversion to Risk [Guidance Overview] A Bridge Too Far: Early Retirement Exception from 10% Tax Was Available from Participant's 401(k), But Not After IRA Rollover Think Twice About Rolling Your 401(k) into an IRA -- Consider Investment Management Fees When You Receive New Disclosure Report Is It Safe to Own Company's Stock in a 401(k) or Profit Sharing Plan? Longtime Chief of Colorado State Pension Plans Resigns, Calls 401(k) Savings Model a 'Failure' IRS Proposals for Encouraging Longevity Annuities Might Not Impress 401(k) Sponsors Research Supports Limits on Number of Concurrent Loans from a 401(k) Plan Young Workers Want Guaranteed Income Option in 401(k) Plans Employers� Outreach Methods Fail to Engage Employees in Retirement Savings [Opinion] 401(k)s Are Too Risky for Retirement Are Employers Expecting Too Much from Self-Directed Plan Participants? [Official Guidance] Text of DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-02: FAQs on Participant-Level Fee Disclosures and Service Provider Fee Disclosures 'Institutionalizing' DC Plans: Reasons Why and Methods How (PDF) Another Reason for Offering Annuity-Type Distributions From 401(k) Plans: Cognitive Impairment of Older Participants 'Co-Sourcing' Trends of DC Plan Management [Opinion] ERIC Offers Recommendations to Improve Treasury Lifetime Income Guidance Most Self-Directed Plan Participants Avoid Extreme All-Equities or No-Equities Positions Benefits and Challenges of Offering Retirement Income Strategies in Your DC Plan [Opinion] Revenue Sharing on Trial: Complex, Inefficient and Unnecessarily Expensive [Guidance Overview] Another Question is Answered in the Who's the Employer Q&A Column [Guidance Overview] Final DOL Regs Address Fee Disclosures to Participants in Self-Directed Retirement Plans Average 401(k) Balance 62% Above 2009, Fidelity Says Better Returns for 401(k) Investors: Looking Back at First Quarter 2012 401(k) Fee Litigation, April 2012 401(k) Salary Deferrals: Better as Single-Sum, or Divided Per-Paycheck? [Guidance Overview] OK to Levy Recordkeeping and Investment Management Fees Only on Certain 401(k) Participants? Federal Case Asks But Doesn't Answer Get Proactive, Don't Wait for Legislation to Enhance 401(k) Savings Vehicle, Says Treasury Policymaker [Opinion] Company Stock Ought Not Be Legal as Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Investment Encouraging Employees to Push Savings to the Code Section 402(g) Maximum (PDF) [Guidance Overview] 401(k) Plan Fees in Turmoil: District Court in Tussey Case Finds Fiduciary Breaches but Third Circuit Does Not How Retirement Plan Sponsors and Participants Can Make the Most of Matching Contributions (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Considerations for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries in Minimizing Potential Fiduciary Liability After Tussey v. ABB, Inc. Operational Changes in Defined Contribution Plans for Plan Sponsors to Consider in 2012 Small but Significant 401(k) Fixes Urged at House Hearing GAO Report on Defined Contribution Plans: Approaches in Other Countries Offer Beneficial Strategies in Several Areas Congress Eyes Cutbacks to 401(k)s As It Looks for Ways to Raise Revenue [Guidance Overview] Cracks in the Piggy Bank: 401(k)s Are Inadequate for Many Americans [Guidance Overview] Sixth Circuit Makes It Harder to Contribute to 401(k) During Bankruptcy Generation Y Facing Retirement As Go-It-Alone Affair [Guidance Overview] Court Finds a Neglected Investment Policy Statement Can Be Costly [Opinion] Statement of Consumer, Labor, Women's and Retiree Organizations Opposing Efforts to Eliminate Paper-Based Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants [Guidance Overview] Failure to Monitor Recordkeeping Fees Is Breach of Fiduciary Duty [Guidance Overview] Failure to Monitor Revenue Sharing and Negotiate Rebates for Recordkeeping Fees Violated Governing Documents and Fiduciary Duties [Opinion] Testimony of EBRI at Hearing on Tax Reform and Tax-Favored Retirement Accounts (PDF) 401(k) Excessive Fees Lawsuit against John Hancock Will Proceed Bringing Annuities to 401(k)s: Comments by Mark Iwry NBCUniversal Takes Pieces from Parents Plus Some of Its Own for New 401(k) Plan Thrift Savings Plan Roth Option Delayed for Pentagon Employees Stable Value Funds: Still Popular, Despite Fewer Guarantees EP Exam Efforts Focus on 401(k) Compliance Problems [Guidance Overview] Deceased Participant's Estate Can Sue to Recover Benefits Paid to Ex-Spouse Defined Contribution Equals Social Security in Retirement Importance to Baby Boomers Four Employee Benefit Plan Tips for HR and Finance Departments Generation Y: What You Need to Know About Financial Literacy [Guidance Overview] Another Question is Answered in the Who's the Employer Q&A Column Measuring a 401(k) Plan's Success: The Income Replacement Ratio Federal Government's Thrift Savings Plan Has Appeal, and a Few Holes, Too ERISA Violated When Construction Company Failed to Make Promised 401(k) 'Fringe Benefit' Contributions Under Government Contract Inspect the Fees in Your 401(k) Are ETFs and 401(k) Plans a Bad Fit? 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