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401(k)
519 published works
The Business of Benefits
401(k) Distribution Annuities: Its Just Not About “GMWB”
By Robert Toth
When the insurance industry began seriously developing the "living benefits" under annuity products for the retail marketplace a few years back, I dubbed them as "not your grandpa's annuity." This…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
What Can We Learn From a List of the Best 401(k) Plans?
Funny, this chart from Bloomberg on the top rated 401(k) plans in the country, taken from the BrightScope data. When I first discovered BrightScope’s beta site and blogged on it,…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Fiduciary Definitions Change Hand in Hand with the Real World
One underlying theme of much commentary about 401(k) plans is the idea that their replacement of pensions as the primary retirement vehicle for most private sector workers was not intended,…
The Retirement Plan Blog
IRS announces 50% fee discount to “fix” plans not timely amended for EGTRRA
By Jerry Kalish
Retirement plans can get get pretty complicated also, but "fixing" one doesn't necessarily have to be. That's the focus of the recent IRS announcement reaching out to employers who did…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Secunda on Wall Street 401k Employee Suits
Crain's New York Business has a recent story on employee suits alleging that their employers breached their fiduciary duty in recommending company stock for 401k plans. The contention in these…
Employment & Labor
Key Seventh Circuit Decisions For Employers In ERISA Stock Drop And 401(k) Fees Class Actions
Co-authored by Ian H. Morrison, John T. Murray, and Amanda A. Sonneborn On January 21, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued two important decisions for…
Pension Risk Matters
Stable Value Risk Management
Kudos to the Stable Value Investment Association for encouraging several days of lively discussions about important topics such as asset allocation, behavioral investing and risk management. In my comments about…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
DOL Issues 401(k) Plan Participant Fee Disclosure Rules
On October 20, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations that will require certain Employee Retirement Income Security Act retirement plan sponsors to disclose to plan participants information…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Does LaRue Alter the Rules for Class Actions?
As a general rule, I don’t write blog posts about cases I am handling. For the most part, nothing good can come of it. I do make an exception once…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Private Attorney Generals and ERISA
Here’s an interesting, although at a minimum somewhat overstated, diatribe against 401(k) plans from Forbes, in which the author complains about four specific risks to participants: greater investment risk than…