Articles Tagged with 401Ks

Lockheed Martin Corp. has agreed to pay $62 million to settle a lawsuit accusing its employee 401(k) retirement plan of charging excessive fees to participants. As part of the settlement, the defense company will take part in monthly assessments of its plan, offer participants low-cost funds, and get bids from at least three outside companies that know how to deal with administrative matters involving big company retirement plans.

There are 100,000 participants and $27 billion of assets in Lockheed’s retirement plan. The civil case accused the company of not acting wisely when managing the retirement savings of employees, charging high fund fees, keeping a significant quantity of participants’ savings in low-yield funds, and paying record-keeping fees that were excessive.

Lockheed denied the allegations. Even though it is settling, the company is not admitting wrongdoing.