Media Coverage

Retirement Planning In 2025: What’s On People’s Minds

Contributor Jamie Hopkins takes stock of the state of retirement planning in 2025, noting the "shaky" sentiment amongst retirement savers, while offering those savers four "smart moves" to consider as they continue their retirement journey. Included in Hopkins' recommendations is wise advice to "consolidate your accounts" so that "changing jobs over the years [does not] leave you with scattered retirement accounts." To support consolidation, Hopkins observes that "new services like 'Auto Portability' are making this even simpler for small balances."

RCH Consolidation Corner Channel Ep. 18 - Engaging Unresponsive Participants in Retirement Plans

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. In this episode, we examine the topic of unresponsive participants in retirement plans. We hope you’ll find the audio enjoyable and informative.

New Research Shines Light on Saver’s Match Potential

Writing in 401k Specialist Magazine, Tom Hawkins puts two recent Saver’s Match research findings – one from Morningstar and the other from RCH – into perspective. The Morningstar research, authored by industry veteran Jack VanDerhei and Spencer Look, pegs the potential incremental retirement wealth generated by the Saver’s Match at $2.03 trillion. Another research effort, conducted by Retirement Clearinghouse, involves a discrete event simulation model of the Saver’s Match program, simulating specific technologies and operational solutions required to support the program. Together, writes Hawkins, “these two new research efforts…quantify overall Saver’s Match program benefits, and model the potential size, scale and operations of the program.”

Previously featured in the RCH Consolidation Corner Blog

Here's why an alarming number of workers cash out 401(k) plans

Writing in USA Today, journalist Daniel de Vise addresses the 401(k) system's cashout leakage problem, turning to a variety of industry experts, including representatives from Vanguard and Fidelity, who address the magnitude of the problem as well as many of the systemic and behavioral issues that drive cashout decisions. Pivoting off a quote from AARP's David John, de Vise closes his piece by focusing on auto portability, and cites the Portability Services Network consortium, where "most big retirement-plan providers participate in the [auto portability] effort."

The Triple Crown to Unlock Retirement Security for All

In his 8/15/25 Consolidation Corner blog post, RCH’s Tom Hawkins writes about the “Triple Crown” of retirement security – three retirement savings public policy initiatives that are “poised to finally close” the retirement savings wealth gap. Each of the three initiatives – Auto Portability, the Saver’s Match and Trump Accounts – all share common features, targeting small-balance savers, delivering enormous public policy benefits and are made both efficient and effective by incorporating proven financial technology. Issuing a call-to-action for plan providers and plan sponsors, Hawkins writes: “now is the time to act” adding “every year spent in ‘wait and see’ mode means millions miss out, and the retirement gap grows.”

RCH Consolidation Corner Channel Ep. 17 - Important New Saver's Match Research

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. In this episode, we examine new research, just released, which gives us a much better understanding of the Saver’s Match program. We hope you’ll find the audio enjoyable and informative.

New Research Shines Light on the Saver’s Match Program

Writing in the RCH Consolidation Corner blog, Tom Hawkins puts two recent Saver’s Match research findings – one from Morningstar and the other from RCH – into perspective. The Morningstar research, authored by industry veteran Jack VanDerhei and Spencer Look, pegs the potential incremental retirement wealth generated by the Saver’s Match at $2.03 trillion. Another research effort, conducted by Retirement Clearinghouse, involves a discrete event simulation model of the Saver’s Match program, simulating specific technologies and operational solutions required to support the program. Together, writes Hawkins, “these two new research efforts…quantify overall Saver’s Match program benefits, and model the potential size, scale and operations of the program.”

Lost 401(k)s are costing employees: How employers can help with rollovers

EBN's Lyn Cavanaugh, interviewing Mindy Yu, Director of Investing, Betterment at Work, discuss the topic of "lost 401(k)s" and how employers can assist former employees with moving their retirement savings forward. Addressing the topic of auto portability, Wu states that "employers can take a more proactive role by....partnering with platforms that support...auto-portability...[to] reduce the chance that savings go missing in the first place."