Participants

A study shows employees are very interested in getting financial planning help from employers.

The current structure of the rollover process does little to minimize or mitigate several key concerns.

If Millennials and Gen-Xers want a traditional retirement, they need to take action in the short term and plan for the uncertainties of the long term. 

A survey reveals motivations to get retirement plan participants to save more.

Women are far more worried than men about having enough saved.

Negative returns were coupled with low trading volumes for DC participants during October. 

In order for two recent college graduates to have the same amount of money saved for retirement, the average man would need to save 10% of his salary,...

Participant withdrawal activity was also low.

63% surveyed say the election has already impacted their investment choices in the past year. 

Workers with student loans are participating in employer-sponsored retirement plans at a lower rate than those without outstanding student loan debt, a survey finds.

Researchers call it troubling that only about half of Millennials are taking advantage of the power of compound interest in building a secure financial future. 

401(k) plan participants moved at least $213 million into fixed income investments during the month.

However, when trading did occur, DC participants favored fixed income.

The majority of employees agreed that online platforms that provide financial advice, help them see all their wealth in one place, and are transparent with fees and investments...

Fewer DC plan participants took withdrawals from their plan accounts in the first quarter of this year than in the first quarter of last year.

In addition to wanting help with investing and retirement planning, 85% of 401(k) participants surveyed by Charles Schwab said they would use a financial wellness program if it...

Only 38% of participants surveyed are very or extremely confident in their knowledge about how much to put into their 401(k) each year to be on track to...

Men think about retirement more often than women, talk about it more frequently with work colleagues and believe they are more educated about tools needed to have a...

Despite a slow start to the month, there were three days of above-normal 401(k) participant trading activity—mostly coming after the Brexit news, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k)...

May was a light trading month with most inflows going to fixed income funds.