Down Market Doesn’t Stop DC Retirement Savers: ICI Report

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Despite the volatile stock market, retirement saving continued to be a strong focus for defined contribution (DC) plan participants through the first half of 2022, according to new research from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

DC plan assets represent more than one-quarter (27%) of the total retirement market and about one-tenth of U.S. households’ aggregate financial assets at the end of the second quarter of 2022.

ICI’s DC Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2022 Study

“Defined contribution plan participants generally stayed the course with ongoing contributions, and withdrawal activity remained low in the first half of 2022,” said Sarah Holden, ICI senior director of retirement and investor research. “Plan participants held steady with their asset allocations despite stock values generally declining in the period.”

The study, “Defined Contribution Plan Participants’ Activities, First Half 2022,” found most DC plan participants did not change their asset allocations, even as stock values generally declined during the first six months of the year. In the first half of 2022, 6.6% of DC plan participants changed the asset allocation of their account balances, slightly lower than 7.3% in the first half of 2021, 8.3% in the first half of 2020, and 7.7% in the first half of 2009.

ICI’s study tracks contributions, withdrawals, and other activity in 401k and other DC plans, based on recordkeeper data covering more than 40 million employer-based DC retirement plan participant accounts at the end of June 2022. ICI reports that DC plan assets represent more than one-quarter (27%) of the total retirement market and about one-tenth of U.S. households’ aggregate financial assets at the end of the second quarter of 2022.

ICI has been tracking DC plan participant activity through recordkeeper surveys since 2008.

Other key findings include:

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SEE ALSO:

• 401k Participants Largely Stand Pat in First Half of 2022

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