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Welcome to 401khelpcenter.com
With the explosive growth of government and private internet sites containing information, opinion, analysis, marketplace news, legislation, court cases, rules, and other 401k and 403(b) resources, your challenge to identify salient information and issues that really matter is greater than ever. That's where 401khelpcenter.com excels. We are a knowledge service that curates -- finds, groups, organizes and shares -- the best and most relevant information for people who sponsor, advise, design, administer, make policy about, participate, or are otherwise interested in 401k and 403(b) plans.
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Marketplace News
 ETF's Now Available on ExpertPlan Platform
Pensionmark Expands Network to Fort Wayne, Indiana
Milliman Announces Formation of Risk Institute
Great-West Retirement Hires Sales Director for Nebraska
Putnam Investments Expands Retirement Sales Team
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Daily Digest
The Daily Digest is where we aggregate the latest published material on 401k trends, fiduciary issues, legislative action, court cases, opinion, rule changes, insights, surveys, studies, commentary and more. The information is updated daily.
Low-Cost Entries Shake Up Small Retirement Plan Market - Summary: Low-cost plans are cropping up, as new federal regulations kicking in this year call for greater disclosure of fee information to plan participants and sponsors.
Source: Reuters, January 2012.
A Primer on 401k Plan Design Alternatives - Summary: Many times a plan sponsor do not want to adopt a "standard"401k plan design because they have different business objectives. Here are some plan design alternatives.
Source: Plan Design Consultants  , January 2012.
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Collected Wisdom™
Our researchers look for what they think are some of the better resources available to assist you in administering your plan or helping your clients. We group these resources in our COLLECTED WISDOM™ topics to make it easy for you to locate the information you need. Each item in a category contains a summary and date of when it was placed in the group.
We also maintain some older material in these collections for perspective and context.
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Insight
2012 Hot Topics in Retirement - Summary: Aon Hewitt surveyed more than 500 U.S. employers, representing over 12 million employees, to determine their current and future retirement benefits strategy. The survey explored their focus and expected actions regarding the design, management and delivery of their retirement programs.
Source: Aon Hewitt , January 2012.
America's Commitment to Retirement Security: Investor Attitudes and Actions - Summary: This survey polled respondents about their views on DC retirement plan saving and their confidence in 401k and other DC plan accounts. Survey responses indicated that households value the discipline and investment opportunity that 401k plans represent and that households were largely opposed to changing the tax preferences or investment control in those accounts.
Source: Investment Company Institute , January 2012.
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Tools and Resources
Calculators, charts, samples, directories and other resources to help you run and manage your plan or practice.
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Viewpoints: Opinion and Commentary
People speak out on a variety of issues of interest to those in the 401k industry. One of our most interesting areas.
401k Investment Advice as Liability Protection - Summary: While studies have shown that advice does increase the participant's annual return by 3% annually, author sees the use of an investment advice for what it really is and what is should be sold as, liability protection.
Source: The Rosenbaum Law Firm, January 2012.
Is ASPPA Really Interested in Disclosure? - Summary: Author writes, "It is no secret that I am a critic of the ASPPA...policies of favoring unlimited vendors and noncompetitive, imprudent individual retail annuity products in 403(b) plans and allowing non-fiduciaries to service school employees.... I believe that if ASPPA is truly interested in disclosure - they should follow the guidelines [Michael] Kitces sets out."
Source: Meridian Wealth Management, January 2012.
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Court and Legislative Items of Interest
This is a directory and index of articles that review recent court rulings and bills, hearings and other actions in Congress.
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U.S. Department of Labor Enforcement Actions
Under ERISA, the U.S. Department of Labor has the authority to conduct civil and criminal investigations to protect 401k plan assets and participants. The Labor Department regularly exercises this authority. This area provides access to some of the most recent news releases on their enforcement actions.
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