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Credit Suisse may act as the lender to the employee fund, and the reduction in so-called risk-weighted assets will reduce Credit Suisses capital requirements

Like 401(k) providers, 403(b) plans must also comply with the DOLs Employee Benefit Security Administrations fee disclosure rule, which is slated to take effect on April 1.

Women want the same things as men when it comes to retirement, but dont do enough to ensure they have enough money saved, according to a new study by Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

Twenty-four percent of participants in small 401(k) plans have balances of zero.

The state's largest and most poorly underfunded system was put on a path to be 100-percent funded in 22 years. A new series of bills helped drop unfunded liabilities by more than $5.5 billion.

The agency's Limited English Proficiency Program can translate important retirement information into any of 147 different languages for participants.

Retirement savings habits do present a case where more action attendant to savings, variety, costs and trading could have brought better investment returns in 2011 and beyond.

Small business owners prefer to speak to financial advisors of the same sex, according to a new study by The American College, with men showing a stronger gender bias than their female counterparts.