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Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David Liebrock	Mining 401(k) Gold Small- and mid-sized companies are looking for help with their retirement plans. Here's how to reach out to this untapped market.
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.
Financial Advisor December 2003 Jeff Schlegel	Qualified Plans Rock Through Bear Market The rising demand for advice is changing the 401(k) business.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options.
Financial Advisor September 2007 Alan Lavine	Looking For Certainty Sponsors of 401(k) and 403(b) plans want employees to draw a stable source of retirement income from them. But it's a daunting task to manage a portfolio of mutual funds while withdrawing money, based on government-mandated minimum distribution rules. A few plan sponsors already have begun adding income replacement funds to solve this problem.
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	The BIG Fix Familiar as 401(k)s are, planners love to hate them, and they'll readily cite long lists of faults with the plans themselves, as well as the way the $2.8 trillion 401(k) industry operates.
CFO May 15, 2012 David McCann	Will These Investments Catch On? Why the government's proposals for encouraging "longevity annuities" may not impress many 401(k) plan sponsors.
Registered Rep. February 10, 2012 Mark Miller	New Focus on Small Workplace Retirement Plans Means Lower Fees, Opportunity for RIAs The spoils of the 401(k) market have always gone to the large players -- big retirement plan providers providing the best, most efficient plans to big plan sponsors. But small is starting to look beautiful.
CFO December 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	The New Mix With so much riding on 401(k)s, more and more companies are reconsidering their plan offerings.
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.
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2003 Art Gering	Undefined Contributions Although a large number of companies invest in real estate in their defined benefit plans, many deny their employees the same advantages in their 401(k) plans.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Jeff Schlegel	The Changing Face Of 401(k) Plans The 401(k) plan has become a bedrock of the American retirement account, but its foundation is becoming increasingly fluid with evolving rules, products and attitude shifts that add choices -- and complexities -- for plan participants and their sponsors.
Financial Advisor May 2007 Ken Ziesenheim	Diamonds In The Rough The new Pension Protection Act offers opportunities for financial advisors, if you know where to dig.
CFO December 1, 2010 David M. Katz	The Check Will Be in the Mail Can annuities help ease employees' fears about having enough money in retirement?
Registered Rep. August 28, 2015 Mark Miller	Managed Accounts in The Workplace Retirement savers who get professional help with their 401(k) portfolios stand a good chance of seeing better outcomes than those who don't.
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2001 Jack McAllister	On the Rise If 401(k) plan values are to rise to their potential, they could use a little more yeast -- in the form of REIT stocks...
Financial Advisor September 2006 Raymond Fazzi	Whose Advice Is It Anyway? A provision of the Pension Protection Act would directly impact the financial planning field by encouraging employers to provide advisors for their 401(k) participants. But who exactly will be doling out that advice?
Registered Rep. August 12, 2011 Diana Britton	Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Is This the Fix for Failed 401(k)s? ETFs are coming soon to a retirement plan near you.
CFO April 1, 2010 Alix Stuart	Sea Change Companies now play a much more active role in guiding employees' 401(k) investment decisions.
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 Tom Lydon	ETFs At Last: The Future of 401(k)s Exchange-traded funds are beginning to attract greater attention for participant-directed individual account plans.
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French	Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs.
Financial Advisor December 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Into The Black Hole Of 401(k) Consulting Advisors find that the need on the part of both sponsors and participants for professional and unbiased advice regarding 401(k) asset allocation and management is great.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Vaughan Scully	The Battle for 401(k) Accounts ETFs have only established a small beachhead so far in the 401(k) arena. That may not change any time soon.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 David Braze	10 Ways to Mismanage Your 401(k) Any one of these mistakes has the potential to cost us thousands of dollars in the amount we will eventually accrue for retirement.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Deciphering the Rules of Retirement Advice Title VI of the the Pension Protection Act, far from being a clear-cut signal for reps to dive into the retirement advice business, does, however, open the door wider to advice giving.
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Ilana Polyak	For Advisors, a Big 401(k) Opportunity As regulatory scrutiny of plans increases, advisors are in the sweet spot to capture new business.
Investment Advisor November 2006 Melanie Waddell	Watch Those Fees! The Department of Labor gets tough on retirement plan fee disclosure. Financial advisors, take note.
Financial Advisor November 2011 Jerilyn Klein Bier	Best-Laid Plans Advisors who've built substantial 401(k) practices share their strategies.
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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 May 19, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Schwab Joins the 401(k) Wars The discount broker jumps in with an index-only retirement plan.
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The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Make This Move Now and Save Your Retirement 401(k)s are back -- but you have to use them wisely.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Start Doing This or You'll Retire Poor The latest data from Vanguard shows what investors are doing right -- and wrong.
Registered Rep. October 11, 2012 Stan Luxenberg	Savers, at Last. . . The 401(k) has long been considered a failure at truly preparing anyone for retirement -- especially since the recession. Less noticed is that the plans are, slowly, getting much better.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Frightening Fine Print Have you checked your 401(k) fees? What looks like a small difference could have big consequences.
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Financial Advisor November 2010	Auto-Enrollment Benefits Young Savers A new study shows young workers with 401(k) auto enrollment are better diversified than employees who aren't offered that feature in their retirement plans.
Registered Rep. August 23, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Fidelity: More Investors Raiding Their 401(k)s The number of loans and hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s is on the rise.
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Todd Wenning	The Best 401(k) Plan Sponsors With the right approach and the right 401(k) plan sponsor, you can do better than you would have with a pension. Here are the best defined-contribution providers, by market segment, according to Plansponsor.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Should You Ditch Your 401(k)? Usually, unless a plan is really bad, it's worth trying to salvage it -- at least to some extent. In deciding whether to participate and how much to contribute, keep the following four ideas in mind.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Investment Won't Save Your Retirement Annuities can't work if you don't have the money to buy them.
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