Auto Portability in the News
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On Earth Day, Consider Auto Portability to ‘Recycle’ 401(k) Savings
Writing in 401k Specialist, RCH's Tom Hawkins takes the opportunity to observe the 55th Annual Earth Day and to consider how the concept of recycling applies to our nation’s 401(k) system. Hawkins characterizes the 401(k) system as having a “waste problem” that manifests in the form of excessive cashout leakage and stranded accounts. By contrast, auto portability represents a sustainable solution that ‘recycles’ small-balance accounts, and its adoption is rapidly accelerating following the operational status of the Portability Services Network (PSN).
401(k) retirement saving hits a milestone. Has it finally caught on?
USA Today's personal finance reporter Daniel de Visé examines a milestone for America's 401(k) system -- where "half of all workers in private-sector America now participate in 401(k) plans, a sign that tax-advantaged retirement savings may be catching on at last." In his piece, de Visé extensively quotes David Stinnett, head of strategic retirement consulting at Vanguard and examines recent, bipartisan retirement legislation (SECURE 2.0) which codified auto portability. de Visé summarizes the key features of auto portability, while acknowledging the ascendance of the Portability Services Network (PSN) by writing: "in 2022, a consortium of private retirement-plan providers announced a collaboration to boost the portability of small retirement accounts."
401k Real Talk Episode 148: April 16, 2025
In his recurring 401(k) Real Talk video series, Fred Barstein, Founder & CEO of The Retirement Adviser University (TRAU), covers the major 401(k) topics of interest to plan advisors. In this episode, Barstein reports on the December 2024 announcement from the Portability Services Network (PSN) regarding plan sponsor adoption. Barstein hails the accomplishment and gives substantial credit to "the Retirement Clearinghouse, led by Spencer Williams, [who] was the driving force behind the network" while individually naming each of PSN's member recordkeepers, adding that "membership is open to all recordkeepers."
Auto Portability Is Changing Retirement—Here’s Why It Matters Now
Join podcast host Rebecca Hourihan as she sits down with industry experts Spencer Williams and Neal Ringquist from Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) to explore the game-changing innovation of auto portability. Discover how the Portability Services Network (PSN) is tackling the challenge of maintaining retirement savings as employees change jobs, what it took to bring this idea to life, and why it matters to the evolving mobile workforce.
On Earth Day, Consider Auto Portability to ‘Recycle’ 401(k) Savings
On April 22nd, we celebrate the 55th annual Earth Day, and
that gives RCH’s Tom Hawkins the opportunity to consider how the concept of
recycling applies to our nation’s 401(k) system, which Hawkins characterizes as
having a “waste problem” that manifests in the form of excessive cashout
leakage and stranded accounts. By contrast, auto portability represents a
sustainable solution that ‘recycles’ small-balance accounts, and its adoption
is rapidly accelerating following the operational status of the Portability
Services Network (PSN).
This 401(k) Change Could Help 3 Million More Americans Afford Retirement
Adam Hardy, lead data journalist at Money.com, analyzes the recent Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) issue brief that modeled the impact of three "automatic" defined contribution features - auto enrollment, auto escalation and auto portability. By itself, the EBRI research finds that auto portability could reduce the retirement savings shortfall (RSS) by 11.4%, and if taken together with the other features "the benefits are compounded."
RCH Consolidation Corner Channel Ep. 6 - Rethinking the Automatic Rollover IRA
Welcome to another edition of the RCH Consolidation Corner Channel, where we provide you with audio content that explores key issues in the preservation and consolidation of retirement savings. Today, we’ll be examining the topic of “traditional” automatic rollover IRAs, which we believe will be rapidly eclipsed by auto portability. We hope you’ll find the audio enjoyable and informative.
More Good News on the Retirement Saving Front
The American Retirement Association's John Sullivan, writing in NAPA Net, runs down "good news" in the retirement landscape, as reflected in Morningstar's 2025 Retirement Plan Landscape Report. Quoting Morningstar's Liam Mitchell, Sullivan writes that "referencing efforts to encourage widespread auto portability adoption, [Mitchell] said it 'bears watching in the coming years to see if they will help stem this flow'" of assets leaving the DC plan system.
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