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Stash App Reports Big Surge in New Retirement Accounts
New data from personal finance and investing app Stash shows a large surge in retirement account openings—particularly among…
Lack of Emergency Savings Means Retirement Account Leakage During COVID-19
Retirement plan “leakage” is rearing its ugly head again thanks to hardships brought on by the trainwreck of…
COVAXX Announces First Multitope Peptide-Based Vaccine to Enter Human Trials
Chronic and infectious disease vaccine developer COVAXX announced pre-clinical data for its lead vaccine. The Hauppauge, N.Y.-based COVAXX…
COVID-19 Expected to Have Short-Term Impact on DC Plan Sales
A new report says Defined Contribution plan sales are predicted to be considerably lower in the second and…
Millionaires Beg for Wealth Tax to Combat Coronavirus Crisis
In this strange and disturbing year known as 2020, Wednesday, July 15 is the deadline for filing 2019…
2020 NAPA 401(k) Summit Still Set for September; Virtual Option Added
As of July 9, the rescheduled 2020 NAPA 401(k) Summit is moving forward and set to happen as…
New Relief Tool for 401k Participants Impacted By COVID Fallout
Voya Financial and SAVVI Financial have teamed to offer a “COVID Relief Planning Assistant,” designed to help those…
COVID-19 Having Bigger Impact on Smaller 401ks
According to new data from Ascensus, small business 401k plans with 25 or fewer participants appear to have…
Episode 4: Shlomo Benartzi Applies Behavioral Economics to COVID, CARES Act
401k auto-enrollment, deferral, and escalation? Thank Shlomo Benartzi, a pioneer in the field of behavioral economics. He developed…
Employer 401k Contributions Keep Up in COVID Crisis
Good news—most employers are current with their retirement plan matches and contributions. New research from the Plan Sponsor…