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Registered Rep. May 17, 2006 Kevin Burke	ICI Skipper Sounds the Alarm On Retirement Savings Speaking at the 48th annual Investment Company Institute general membership meeting, ICI President Paul Schott Stevens addressed key issues concerning the $9.2 trillion mutual fund industry. Paramount among his concerns was the looming retirement wave.
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Investment Advisor December 2007 Elizabeth D. Festa	Fighting the Good Fight on 401(k)s In his new book, Stop the 401(k) Rip Off, David Loeper rails against the hidden fees in 401(k) plans and attempts to arm participants with the ability to uncover the fees and approach their employer about offering less expensive funds in their plans.
CFO May 1, 2010 Alix Stuart	Cracking Down on Fees As legislation looms, companies can take steps now to help employees build bigger nest eggs.
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Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell	ICI's Retirement Numbers The government and policymakers must work together if the 401(k) plan is going to remain the dominant private-sector device for retirement savings, according to the president of the Investment Company Institute.
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Registered Rep. May 12, 2005 Dian Vujovich	Shareholders Speak Out at the ICI's `Shareholder First' Conference The Investment Company Institute broadcast video interviews of actual mutual fund shareholders discussing their take on the industry, which has ballooned to $8 trillion in assets from 92 million shareholders.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian	The Fund Fee Fracas Are mutual fund fees too high?
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Anne Tergesen	Does Your 401(k) Cost Too Much? Fees for your 401(k) retirement plan can take as much as 3% of the account balance each year. Watch out for conflicts of interest.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Stop This Dumb Fee Once and for All 12b-1 fees are a relic of a dying breed of mutual funds.
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The Motley Fool March 11, 2004	401(k) Administration Pain The greatest enemies to your long-term savings through a 401(k) plan are excessive fees. Right now, they're circling your retirement funds, nibbling away at your savings
CFO December 1, 2009 Randy Myers	A Question of Balance The much-maligned 401(k) plan is being beefed up. So are the penalties for failing to manage it well.
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Brian Richards	Save Your 401(k) Before It's Too Late Tips for making the most of your 401(k) retirement savings plan.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Beware of Redemption Fees There's an almost-reasonable fee funds charge, but don't get caught by it.
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Investment Advisor February 2008	The ETF Solution Forward-thinking companies and their advisors are increasingly allowing 401(k) plan participants to leverage the benefits of ETFs.
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The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Ryan Popple	Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them.
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On Wall Street June 1, 2009 David Lindorff	The Most Dangerous Woman in America Ghilarducci, the 51-year-old author of When I'm 64: The Plot Against Pensions and The Plan to Save Them, is a vocal opponent of the 401(k) concept, which she charges has been a "failure at providing a secure retirement" to Americans.
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Financial Advisor June 2007 Sydney LeBlanc	Are SMAs Appetizing For 401(k) plans? Essentially "do it yourself" plans, more 401(k) participants than ever before are asking for professional investment advice and a larger number of these individuals are educating themselves about their investment choices, including separately managed accounts.
Knowledge@Wharton	How Design of Pension Plans Influences Employee Investments With the collapse of Enron, lawmakers, regulators, financial advisors and working people are taking a hard look at 401(k) plans, which employees in many U.S. companies use to save for retirement...
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Fast Company November 2002 Charles Fishman	Your 401(k) Is Making a Statement What's the most powerful symbol of a troubling year in finance? There are many candidates, from disgraced Wall Street analysts to CEOs in handcuffs. But few symbols rival the unopened 401(k) statement -- a quarterly window into the personal wealth of millions of Americans.
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Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell	Leading the Way This year is shaping up into one in which advisors will have to stay compliant with a plethora of retirement planning rules and regs if they expect to stay firmly rooted in the retirement planning arena -- and doing what's best for their clients.
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