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Putnam Investments is an investment management firm founded in 1937 by George Putnam, who established one of the first balanced mutual funds, The George Putnam Fund of Boston. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, it has offices in London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Sydney, and Singapore. Putnam is currently a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Investments.
In the United States, a 401(k) plan is an employer-sponsored, defined-contribution, personal pension (savings) account, as defined in subsection 401(k) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Periodic employee contributions come directly out of their paychecks, and may be matched by the employer .
Fortune sat down with Benna to discuss how the 401(k) has evolved since it became mainstream in the 1980s, the death of pensions, who the plan works best for, and the future of retirement in the U.S..
The IRS contribution limit for 401(k) plans for 2024 is $23,000 for participants under age 50. Those 50 and older can save an extra $7,500 in “ catch-up contributions ”, for a total of $30,500.
Most participants are contributing small amounts of money to their 401(k) plans.Data in the Bank of America 2023 Financial Life Benefits Impact Report shows 66% of participants contributed less ...
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., that produces original research about health, savings, retirement, personal finance and economic security issues, including 401(k) and retirement plan coverage data, post-retirement income adequacy, health coverage and the uninsured, and economic security of the elderly.
The report found that the average balance in a 401(k) account surged 15% in 2023. Health Savings Account balances went up 11% over the same time period as well. Health Savings Account balances ...
In September 2020, the company also acquired the retirement plan business of MassMutual for $4.4 billion. [14] Empower acquired the heritage SunTrust 401(k) recordkeeping business, which includes approximately 300 retirement plans consisting of more than 73,000 plan participants and $5 billion in plan assets.