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Retirement Clearinghouse in the News
Find news articles referencing RCH and our services, including RCH Auto Portability
Sidecar accounts can help plug 401(k) leakage to an extent
In his latest article in Employee Benefit News, RCH President & CEO Spencer Williams examines the impact of "sidecar" accounts, which he views as a positive trend and a feature that could serve as a useful tool in the struggle to curtail leakage of savings from defined contribution plans. Williams also contends auto portability will be essential to plugging the biggest hole in the retirement system’s "bucket" -- cashout leakage -- which represents 89% of the overall leakage problem.
ThinkAdvisor: Women's Retirement Income Shortfall Improved by Auto Portability
ThinkAdvisor's Michael S. Fischer takes a deep dive into EBRI research that examines the gender disparity in retirement savings deficits projected for single women and widows. Fischer also highlights the EBRI finding that, for employees with 21 to 30 years of future DC plan eligibility, auto portability reduced the average retirement savings shortfall by 21% for single women and by as much as 38% for widowers.
EBRI Research Reveals Auto Portability's Benefits to Generation X Women
New EBRI Research, released 1/17/19, reveals a troubling Retirement Savings Shortfall (RSS) that is significantly higher for Generation X women, including both single females and widows, than for their counterparts. However, EBRI also found that auto portability made a "significant dent in these retirement deficits." According to EBRI, with auto portability "we found at least a double-digit percent reduction for all groups with future years of defined contribution plan eligibility, and for those with 21–30 years of eligibility, we found a 21 percent reduction in deficits for single females and a 31 percent reduction for widows."
Retirement Industry Associations in Alignment on 401k Auto Portability
401(k) Specialist contributor Tom Hawkins examines the official public comments by large,
retirement-focused organizations on the proposed RCH Auto Portability
Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE), which were posted on 1/7/19.
Some distinguished retirement industry organizations weighed in,
representing a diverse cross-section of stakeholders, including: retirees,
women, businesses, plan sponsors, retirement industry professionals, securities
firms, banks, and asset management companies. If their feedback is any
indication, then auto portability has a bright future.
The missing link in helping employees save for retirement
In his latest article for Employee Benefit News, RCH President & CEO Spencer Williams explains to readers why auto portability could be the missing ingredient in helping employees save for retirement. Using auto enrollment as a prime example, Williams describes how auto portability could become the "bacon" of America's retirement system by improving the system as a whole.
Michael Barry Gives DOL an 'A' on Auto Portability
In his ongoing "Barry's Pickings" column for PLANSPONSOR, Michael Barry, president of O3 Plan Advisory Services LLC, gives the U.S. Department of Labor an 'A' for its November 2018 issuance of a proposed Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) and an Advisory Opinion on Auto Portability. Barry adds: "as a long-time advocate of the establishment of a clearinghouse, I view this as very good news."
WISER Publication Features Auto Portability
In an article carried in their WISERWoman Fall 2018 newsletter, the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) spreads the "good news" that the U.S. Department of Labor has issued an Advisory Opinion on auto portability, clearing the path for the automatic transfer of small 401(k) balances of $5,000 or less. The WISER article also notes that women are hard-hit by retirement savings cashout leakage, with 2.4 million women cashing out $28 billion per year from 401(k) plans.
PLANSPONSOR's 2018 Retrospective Features Auto Portability
PLANSPONSOR's John Manganaro, in this year-end retrospective, runs down the key regulatory developments affecting plan sponsors in 2018. High on Manganaro's list is the U.S. Department of Labor's November Advisory Opinion on the RCH Auto Portability program, which clarified fiduciary roles under the program.
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