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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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• What Sort Of Career Path Can I Pursue With Structural Engineer Training?

  BNET - 2008-10-01

  Designing an effective 401k plan is becoming increasingly challenging for employers. The workforce is becoming more diverse, and the business climate and economic environment are rapidly changing. Ongoing legislative and regulatory changes add another layer of complexity to the mix. Employers are frequently forced to reassess their current retirement offerings...

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• Hewitt Study Highlights Squeeze on Retirement Savings

  BNET - 2005-11-28

  A recent study by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services firm, found that employees who do not contribute to their 401k plans can expect to replace as little as 52 percent of their annual preretirement income when they retire - well short of an average retiree's income needs. This...

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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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• 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

  BNET - 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...

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• The Cost of Loyalty

  BNET - 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...

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• The New Reality of Retirement Income Adequacy: Preparing Your Employees

  BNET - 2004-06-30

  The retirement picture could look markedly different for retirees in the future compared to those of today. The reasons include: the rising costs of retiree medical care, the erosion of the traditional pension plans, underutilization of 401k plans and more. These realities will force employees to change their expectations and...

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• Breaking Down Barriers: Insights on Boosting 401(k) Plan Participation and Interaction

  BNET - 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...

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