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• Microsoft Excel Training Program: Set A Course For Your Future

  BNET - 2008-10-01

  Given the increasing importance of 401k plans in providing retirement security to Americans, fiduciary decisions are more important than ever before. Plan fiduciaries must act as experts, diligently protecting the interest of participants and beneficiaries. A key fiduciary responsibility is to understand the costs associated with the plan and to...

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• Dazzling returns lure 401(k) investors to emerging-markets mutual funds.(Short Interests)

  - 2006-06-12

  Byline: Lisa Shidler CHICAGO - A Hewitt Associates LLC study found that the relatively few 401k participants with balances in emerging-market-equity funds had an average allocation of 16.4%. Putting that much money into these accounts ...

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• Many workers don't take full 401(k) match.(Hewitt Associates L.L.C. survey)

  - 2006-05-22

  Byline: JERRY GEISEL A significant percentage of 401k plan participants aren't contributing enough to obtain the full amount of their employers' matching contribution, according to a study. The study, conducted by Hewitt Associates Inc. of Lin Byline: JERRY GEISEL ...

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• International funds reel in 401(k) money; Stable-value funds, U.S. large-caps see outflows, data show.(News)

  - 2006-03-20

  Byline: Liz Skinner WASHINGTON - Lured by the siren's call of international and emerging markets, more investors are taking increasing risks with their retirement funds. Americans moved about $575 million within their 401k retirement ...

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• Younger people less likely to participate in a 401(k).(Defined Contribution)

  - 2006-03-20

  LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. - Twenty-eight percent of people ages 42 to 59 do not participate in a 401k, according to a survey published by Hewitt Associates. In addition, 37% of people ages 26 to 41 are not 401k participants, and neither are 69% of peopl LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill....

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• Hewitt Study Shows Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Cash Out of 401(k) Plans When Leaving Jobs

  BNET - 2005-07-05

  Despite the growing need for employees to save for retirement, a significant number of workers participating in 401k plans "cash out" of them once they leave their company, according to new research by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services firm. Hewitt's study of nearly 200,000 workers who participate in...

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• Hewitt Study Shows More Companies Putting 401(k) Plans on Autopilot

  BNET - 2005-06-14

  This article reports that employers encourage retirement saving by automating and simplifying 401k plan features. An increasing number of employers are stepping up their efforts to encourage workers to save and invest for retirement by offering tools that put their 401k plans on autopilot. It also reports that in addition...

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• Research Highlights: How Well Are Employees Saving and Investing in 401(k) Plans - 2005 Universe Benchmarks

  BNET - 2005-04-01

  As 401k plans play an increasingly prominent role in retirement income adequacy, there is an even greater need for employees to save and invest well in their plan. Are employees up to the challenge? Are some plan sponsors' efforts to improve plan utilization - such as targeting communication, offering lifestyle...

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• Education makes little difference for poor 401(k) savers; 70% of those surveyed said they could afford to increase contributions.(News)

  - 2005-03-14

  Byline: Rick Miller CHICAGO - Many poor savers in 401k plans who miss out on the company match don't change their behavior even after receiving educational materials to alert them, according to a recent study by Hewitt Associates LLC in Lin...

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• Hewitt Associates Available to Discuss Advantages and Disadvantages of Roth 401k Accounts

  - 2005-03-08

  LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. -- Proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations were announced last week that will enable employers to add Roth 401k accounts to their defined contribution plans beginning on January 1, 2006. Under the regulations, employees will be allowed to invest all or a portion of their 401k savings on an...

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