A growing number of workers are raiding their employer-sponsored retirement plans to cover emergency expenses, highlighting an alarming trend in employee retirement security. According to Vanguard Group, 4.8% of 401(k) participants took hardship withdrawals in 2024, up from 3.6% in … Read More

For many workers, early retirement is the ultimate goal — carefree days filled with road trips, golf, or time spent with friends and family. Yet, reality often tells a different story. Many Americans are retiring years sooner than they expected … Read More

A recent Fidelity report reveals that over 80% of plan sponsors prefer to allow employees to keep their assets in-plan and withdraw them over time. The number of workers aged 55 and older has increased by 74% over the past … Read More

Despite the importance of retirement planning, a staggering 67% of investors admit to spending no time at all working on it in a typical month, according to a recent survey conducted by the Nationwide Retirement Institute. That’s a vast majority … Read More

Data. As a plan sponsor, you probably spend a fair amount of time dealing with it one way or another — whether you’re gathering, analyzing, or reporting it. And for good reason, given the intrinsic value of data-driven decision-making. Much … Read More

Amazon.com Inc. and the administrative committee overseeing its 401(k) savings plan have been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging improper management of employee forfeiture funds. The lawsuit, Curtis v. Amazon.com, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western … Read More

The SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 have increased many part-time employees’ access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. As such, understanding the unique challenges of improving part-time participants’ retirement readiness, and how their needs may differ from those of full-time employees, is … Read More

Generation X — comprising those born between 1965 and 1980 — faces unique financial and social pressures that have left almost half of them with no retirement savings. Compounding these challenges, only 1 in 10 Gen Xers plans to delay … Read More

A technical update on the deadlines for premium payments for pension plans with plan years beginning in 2025 and later was issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The announcement highlighted that premiums for plan years starting in 2025 … Read More

A 2023 Vanguard study found that a quarter of participants deferred less than 4% of their income — generally below the threshold to maximize an employer match. While financial constraints play a role for some, psychological factors can also contribute. … Read More