The market for the largest retirement plans had the highest satisfaction score, its rating of investments and fees tying with that of the >$25MM through $50MM market at 75%. It also gave participant services their second highest rating: 67%. Satisfaction with sponsor services and support, however, was lower here than in the rest of the asset sizes, at 61%.
Top 5 Providers
by Net Recommendation/Promoter Score*
1
Charles Schwab
94.40%
2
Voya
70.00%
3
Nationwide
63.60%
4
Empower Retirement
55.60%
5
Fidelity
53.80%
*Net Recommendation/Promoter Score is based on Satmetrix Systems' Net Promoter ScoreSM methodology and represents an overall percentage of respondents likely to recommend the provider minus those who are 'neutral' or 'likely to recommend against.
Participant Services
Promoter Satisfaction Rating
# of BICs
1
Charles Schwab
85.60%
5
2
Nationwide
83.60%
4
3
Voya
62.20%
0
4
Fidelity
55.40%
1
5
Empower Retirement
48.20%
0
Plan Sponsor Services
Promoter Satisfaction Rating
# of BICs
1
Charles Schwab
83.30%
2
2
Nationwide
66.70%
0
3
Empower Retirement
60.00%
1
4
Voya
50.00%
1
5
Fidelity
46.20%
0
Plan Admistration
Promoter Satisfaction Rating
# of BICs
1
Charles Schwab
86.50%
3
2
Nationwide
71.00%
2
3
Voya
53.60%
0
4
Empower Retirement
50.90%
0
5
Fidelity
50.00%
1
Investment & Fees
Promoter Satisfaction Rating
# of BICs
1
Charles Schwab
100.00%
2
2
Voya
81.80%
0
3
Nationwide
81.30%
0
4
Fidelity
65.40%
2
5
Empower Retirement
47.80%
0
Best in Class: >$1B Minimum of 10 responses; Best in Class benchmark of 70%
= Best in Class award. = Service Commendation. = Received too few ratings in category and was thus ineligible for recognitions. ◆ = The score was in the top quartile of all comparable scores for that area of service.