Topic
401(k)
519 published works
The Business of Benefits
The Trouble with 403(b) Cash; the 403(b) SAR; and Other 403(b) Stocking Stuffers
By Robert Toth
403(b) devotees often speak of the continuing, and significant, number of technical differences between 403(b) and 401(k) plans. The following lists a few of the differences not given a lot…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Marx on 401(k) Litigation
I have a stack of substantive ERISA matters that I have been trying to post on for the last week or two, and I am going to try to work…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Frolik on Converting 401(K) Accounts into Federally Guaranteed Lifetime Annuities
Larry Frolik (Pitt) has posted on SSRN his interesting new paper: Protecting Our Aging Retirees: Converting 401(K) Accounts into Federally Guaranteed Lifetime Annuities.Here is the abstract:America’s retirees are faced with…
The Retirement Plan Blog
Dude, where’s my 401(k)?
By Jerry Kalish
If you missed that 2000 stoner comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, you had several chances recently to catch it on cable. But if you’re still not aware of this movie…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Hecker, Fees and A Broad Public Market
To me, intellectually, all roads lead to Hecker right now, as the sort of touchstone around which all thinking about fiduciary obligations and the amounts of fees charged in 401(k)…
Labor Law Prof Blog
401(k)s in 2008
The folks at EBRI have just released a study on 401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2008. Here's a summary:Looking at consistent participants in the EBRI/ICI…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Time to Retire the 401(k)?
Many years ago, I remember hearing the comment that you knew Nixon was done for when Johnny Carson turned against him in his monologue, because Carson was a perfect proxy…
Pension Risk Matters
Trust, Institutional Investors and Their Service Providers
Financial scandals, decimated 401(k) plans and significant fallout on Wall Street are only a few of the pain points that leave one longing for halcyon days of yore. There is…
The Retirement Plan Blog
Lost in translation: 401(k) investment education programs
By Jerry Kalish
That’s Chicago’s own Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson pictured in a scene from Lost In Translation, the 2003 movie in which they co-starred. I’ll skip the movie review and just…
The Retirement Plan Blog
401(k) plans: from good to great
By Jerry Kalish
The picture above is the cover of Jim Collins’ bestseller, Good To Great. The book, says Mr. Collins, shows that Greatness is not primarily a function of circumstance; but largely…