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Jun
25
2018

NAPA Net: RCH's Tom Johnson Addresses Leakage & Portability at WISER Forum

Covering the WISER forum "The Millennial Perspective: An Intergenerational Discussion on Retirement Savings", NAPA Net's Ted Godbout includes reporting on RCH EVP Tom Johnson, who wowed the WISER crowd with 401(k) cashout leakage and portability statistics. Citing data from the GAO, the EBRI Retirement Security Projection Model (RSPM) and other sources, Johnson made the point that Millennials, including gig workers, will stand to benefit greatly from retirement savings portability solutions, including auto portability.

Jun
22
2018

Auto Portability Featured in "EBRI Super Model"

In his weekly Anecdotal Evidence column entitled "How Much Retooling Does the 401(k) Need?", Retirement Income Journal publisher Kerry Pechter covers two important weekly events -- the ERISA Advisory Council meeting and the EBRI webinar on their Retirement Security Projection Model (RSPM). For the EBRI event, Pechter notes that auto portability is a key public policy initiative in the "EBRI super model" and cites auto portability's benefits as reducing "retirement shortages for ages 35-39 by between 17% and 23%."

Jun
21
2018

RCH Featured in Wall Street Journal: Five Ways to Improve 401(k)s

As the 401(k) turns 40 years old, the Wall Street Journal’s Anne Tergesen examines five ways that the 401(k) could do a better job of creating retirement security, including reducing 401(k) leakage. To address the 401(k) leakage problem, Tergesen describes Retirement Clearinghouse’s ongoing efforts to implement auto portability, which automatically consolidates small balance accounts and moves retirement savings forward into a new employer’s 401(k) plan. Tergesen reports that RCH’s CEO Spencer Williams “expects to receive the green light” from the Department of Labor “as soon as this summer.”

Jun
15
2018

The Missing Piece In 401k Retirement Income: Consolidation

According to EBRI statistics, a typical 60-year-old Boomer nearing retirement will have changed jobs almost 10 times. That makes 401(k) retirement income solutions impractical, unless 401(k) plan sponsors embrace consolidation.

Jun
07
2018

CRR Offers Retirement Policy Suggestions to the DOL

PLANSPONSOR’s Rebecca Moore examines the Center for Retirement Research’s (CRR) report “An Analysis of Retirement Models to Improve Portability and Coverage,” presented to the Department of Labor in February 2018. One of the report’s key recommendations includes the establishment of a clearinghouse to automatically move small balances forward, a framework now widely-known as auto portability.

Jun
06
2018

RCH in BenefitsPro: 401(k) consolidation: What every plan sponsor should know

Plan sponsors know that an explosion of small-balance 401(k) accounts held by terminated participants can create problems, but few sponsors are clear on the underlying causes, and fewer still understand how they can utilize consolidation programs to solve the problem. In his 6/6/18 article in BenefitsPRO, RCH’s Tom Hawkins offers plan sponsors a framework to understand and address the small account problem, applying proven solutions that promote account consolidation.

Jun
01
2018

RCH's Nigel Christopher Comes Out Swinging to Defeat Autism

Nigel Christopher, RCH Retirement Specialist and table tennis champion, competes this Saturday, June 2nd in the Table Tennis Takeover, a local round-robin tournament benefiting ACEing Autism, a unique charity that utilizes the sport to positively impact children affected by autism. Nigel, along with Gregory Riley, another top-rated player from the Charlotte Table Tennis Club(CTTC), appeared Wednesday, May 30th on WBTV 's Morning Break to promote the event and to showcase their talents.

May
25
2018

NAPA Net Covers Women's 401(k) Cashout Stats, Features RCH Research

NAPA Net's Ted Godbout covers the May 22nd WISER roundtable, where RCH EVP Tom Johnson revealed new statistics highlighting the cashout problem for women with small 401(k) balances. Godbout goes on to examine the "portability solution" -- where auto portability could preserve the savings of 1 million women, on an annual basis, and 42 million women over a generation.

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