http://www.financealley.com en-us editorial@financealley.com The IRS issued the February 14, 2006 Quality Assurance Bulletin ("QAB") dealing with 401k plan exclusions of part-time, temporary, and seasonal (A.K.A. "part-time") employees. This QAB revolutionizes the way IRS document examiners will look at 401k plan... http://www.financealley.com/article_37213_74.html 20th March 2006 More and more workers are leaving their jobs and taking their 401 k retirement plan funds with them. While some are rolling their funds over into IRAs or other qualified plans; many are taking their distributions in cash. Once an employee has left the job... http://www.financealley.com/article_37161_15.html 20th March 2006 The last few years have been a period of heightened scrutiny and scandal for the financial services industry. Most recently, the SEC issued a report on pension consultants regarding conflicts of interest and the objectivity of advice given to retirement p... http://www.financealley.com/article_37160_15.html 20th March 2006 Employers --who make decisions about their 401k plans--are required by ERISA to employ a prudent process in the management and monitoring of their 401k plan investments. Plan Sponsors are required to not only look at the right information but also do it i... http://www.financealley.com/article_33007_74.html 05th March 2006 January 1, 2006, a new opportunity for savings came to town. Known as the post tax ROTH 401k - this is the classier sister to the traditional 401k plan. On one side is the post tax Roth 401k, with a fuller bodied contribution as taxes are included on the ... http://www.financealley.com/article_30826_19.html 20th February 2006 Many of the brightest and hardest-working marketing and advertising people in the country are obsessed with getting you to spend money and, if necessary, to go into debt to do so. Absolutely all the media that reach you every day are designed to get you t... http://www.financealley.com/article_27230_19.html 02nd February 2006