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401(k) Leakage
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More Than a Trillion Dollars Stuck in ‘Forgotten’ 401(k)s
Nearly 25 million forgotten 401k accounts amount to nearly $1.35 trillion of assets, according to new white paper from Capitalize.
401k Leakage and Auto Portability Featured at Senate Committee Hearing
On May 13, 2021, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held its first…
A Big Problem: Another Leakage Study Reaches the Same Conclusion
Arriving with little fanfare, a recent study prepared by the Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, a…
Why the Case for 401(k) Auto Portability Just Got Stronger
The case for auto portability, the new 401(k) plan default feature that automatically transfers small-balance retirement savings when…
Consolidating Gains from a 401(k) Portability Program
When research performed eight years ago reveals that your 401k plan, by turning on portability and consolidation for…
Stop Leaks: Plan Loans
Did you know that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median tenure for American workers…
Far Out: What If Timothy Leary Was a 401(k) Plan Sponsor?
In the 1960s, counterculture guru Timothy Leary urged a generation to “turn on, tune in, and drop out.” …
401(k) Plan Terminations Could Produce Wave of Leakage
During the COVID-19 crisis, massive job losses combined with economic hardship and relaxed restrictions on withdrawals have created…
The ‘Tragicomedy’ of 401(k) Cashout Leakage
Cashout leakage, which occurs when participants change jobs and prematurely withdraw their retirement savings prior to normal retirement…
How to Close the Coming COVID-19 Retirement Savings Gap
When the dust finally settles from the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s retirement deficit will have widened significantly, due…