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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
Hewitt Study Shows Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Cash Out of 401(k) Plans When Leaving Jobs
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- 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...
Hewitt Study Shows More Companies Putting 401(k) Plans on Autopilot
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- 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...
Research Highlights: How Well Are Employees Saving and Investing in 401(k) Plans - 2005 Universe Benchmarks
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- 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...
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...
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...
The Cost of Loyalty: Even Now, Employees Still Invest Their 401(k)s in Company Shares, and They Still Sue if the Stock Goes South
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- 2004-12-13
Ever since the Enron debacle, in which employee retirement accounts collectively lost more than $1 billion, workers have been warned about the downside of putting 401k money solely in their company's stock. But, according to Hewitt Associates, the practice is alive and well. In fact, some 84 percent of the...
The Cost of Loyalty
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- 2004-12-13
Ever since the Enron debacle, in which employee retirement accounts collectively lost more than $1 billion, workers have been warned about the downside of putting 401k money solely in their company's stock. But, according to Hewitt Associates, the practice is alive and well. In fact, some 84 percent of the...
Breaking Down Barriers: Insights on Boosting 401(k) Plan Participation and Interaction
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- 2004-06-08
The chasm between how much workers value their 401k plan and how poorly they use it can both mystify and confound plan sponsors. Yet the paradox is entirely consistent with the models of behavioral finance, a discipline that combines economics and psychology to explain why perfectly rational people make investment...
Inertia at work: 401(k) participants as slow as turtles; And, once they switch asset classes, they rarely move back again.(News)
- 2004-05-03
Byline: Gregory Crawford Participants in 401k plans tend to wait until stock market returns are extremely low before switching to fixed-income investments in a flight to safety. But when returns improve, they rarely switch back, according to a n Byline: Gregory Crawford ...
Wave of the future: Bundled providers selling off record keeping; Firms get rid of low-profit area while keeping control of 401(k) plan assets.(News)
- 2003-05-12
Byline: Arleen Jacobius A new wave of consolidation has struck the defined contribution industry, as bundled providers gracefully attempt to get their record-keeping businesses off their books while continuing to manage the assets of their bundled Byline: Arleen Jacobius A...
Plan Sponsors Can Help Participants Regain Lost 401(k) Ground
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- 2003-01-01
From the executive summary: ‘Due to a weak economy, stock market volatility, and negative perception of company-sponsored plans, engagement in 401k plans has been on the decline. Most organizations are struggling to increase employees' understanding of the use, and appreciation of company-sponsored retirement programs. The paper explores the challenges employees...
DIFFERENT COURSE: MetLife cuts big 401(k) clients and is keeing the smaller ones; Execs say sector not profitable; Hewitt recommended as successor.(Hewitt Associates L.L.C.)
- 2001-10-29
NEW YORK - MetLife has dumped its large-plan defined contribution business, endorsing Hewitt Associates LLC as its successor. While passing off the largest plans may seem to go against conventional defined contribution business strategies, MetLife NEW YORK - MetLife has dumped its large-plan...
Fraction of participants move 401(k) balances.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- 2001-09-24
Amid last week's plunge in the stock market, most 401k plan participants didn't move their account balances, though account activity was much higher than normal. Transaction volume surged on Sept. 17, the day the major U.S. stock exchanges reope Amid last week's plunge...
Auto enrollment may lead to poor 401(k) returns.(401(k) plan enrollment programs )
- 2001-07-23
Automatically enrolling employees in 401k plans is not-contrary to conventional wisdom-always a win-win situation, according to a new study. Automatic 401k plan enrollment programs are a kind of default mechanism. They are triggered for those Automatically enrolling employees in 401k plans is...
Don't Make a 401k Mistake; Hewitt Associates Offers Top 10 Tips for Employees to Make the Most of Their 401k Plans
- 2001-04-10
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401(k)s may overuse lifestyle funds.
- 2000-10-16
Some could be heavy on fixed income Some 401k participants may be using lifestyle funds in ways that defeat their purpose, if a recent study by Hewitt Associates of a $1 billion plan is any indication. ...
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- Revenue (Fiscal Year) $3.2B
- Profit (Fiscal Year) $188.1M
- Incorporated: 2002
- CEO: Mr. Russell P. Fradin
Hewitt Associates provides human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. Co.'s Benefits Outsourcing segment provides administrative services for health and welfare, defined contribution and defined benefit plans, while its Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing segment provides, among others, workforce administration, rewards management, recruiting and staffing, payroll processing, and vendor management. In addition, Co.'s Consulting segment provides consulting and actuarial services covering the design, implementation, communication and operation of health and welfare, compensation and retirement plans, and human resources programs and processes.
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Mr. Russell P. Fradin Chairman
Mr. Thomas J. Neff
Mr. William J. Conaty
Ms. Michele M. Hunt
Mr. Cary D. McMillan
Mr. Steven A. Denning
Mr. Michael E. Greenlees
Mr. Steven P. Stanbrook
Ms. Cheryl A. Francis
Mr. Alex J. Mandl
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Human Resources Consulting Services: 541612
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