Deloitte: 401(k) Plan Sponsors Less Confident That Employees Will be Financially Prepared for Retirement

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While many employees and retirees hope to stretch their 401(k) plans well beyond their original purpose, 84 percent of polled executives responsible for such plans ...

Lifetime retirement income?

New regulations are intended to make it easier for retirees to transfer money from their 401k's into an annuity that would guarantee payments until they die.

4 Ways New Annuity Rules Will Help Retirees

White House backs efforts to help employees turn retirement savings into lifetime income payments.

DOL sues Bethesda, Md., company and owner to restore nearly $800,000 in 401(k) plan funds invested in fraud scheme [02 ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Bethesda-based Dynasty Construction Inc. and owner John J. Barrett III for breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the company's 401(k) plan. According to the suit, more than $775,000 from the 401(k) plan was invested in a fraudulent scheme in 2006, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. This amount represented ...

Obama's Latest Retirement Rescue Plan: Annuities

The government is hoping to give Americans ways to keep income flowing later in life by removing some of the regulatory roadblocks that have made annuities less attractive.