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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
 ExpertPlan and IRON Financial Offer an ERISA 3(38) Solution
U.S. Bank Acquires Union Bank Institutional Trust and Custody Division
401k Advisory Firm Acquired by Alliant Insurance
Highland Adds Director of Business Development
RPAG Reveals Alliance With National Planning Holdings
Dalbar Announces Fee Disclosure Certification
Security Benefit Releases White Paper on Their Fiduciary Partnership Solution
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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.
Finally the Final … 408(b)(2) Regulation - Summary: The Department of Labor has issued the long-anticipated final service provider fee disclosure regulation. In finalizing the regulation, the DOL extended the compliance deadline from April 1, 2012, to July 1, 2012. In this article, Fred Reish and Bruce Ashton describe what the amendment says and what they think are the most important changes; in a subsequent piece, they will explain the impact on various service providers.
Source: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP  , February 2012.
Who's on the Hook for Decisions Made in Your 401k? - Summary: If you are a business owner, on the Board of Directors or serve on the Plan Investment Committee, follow the line of questions from a "hypothetical deposition" directed to you and picture how you would answer the questions.
Source: Forbes, February 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
Benefits Best Practices - Summary: This best practices guide shows how a tailored approach can help employers make the most of their investments in employee benefits.
Source: Principal , February 2012.
Target-Date Funds in a 401k - Summary: If most potential clients walking through your door nowadays don't hold target-date funds in their 401k plans, that's likely to change in the next few years. The management consulting firm Casey Quirk estimates that such portfolios will account for about 48% of 401k assets in 2020, up from just 13% today.
Source: Financial-planning.com, February 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.
Stable-Value Funds Are Shaky 401k Options - Summary: Many small employers have plans that lack target-date funds, mostly because the employer would face higher costs to get a plan with sufficient options to serve every age group on the payroll, while also offering a complete line of funds for the do-it-yourselfers. In those cases, the oversized helpings of stable value are common — and that's a problem.
Source: Marketwatch.com, January 2012.
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.
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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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