Assets in those investments surpassed $1 trillion last year, reaching about $1.18 trillion, compared with $1.57 trillion in target-date mutual funds.
The program would apply to businesses with as few as five employees, requiring companies to participate and automatically enroll workers, unless they already provide retirement plans.
Of the roughly 70 million U.S. households with primary breadwinners younger than 55, 11.5 million are planning to retire by that age, according to a report from Hearts & Wallets.
The GAO concluded that plan sponsors, record keepers and others have little to go on as far as guidelines from the Department of Labor and that it isn’t clear whether fiduciaries have the responsibility to minimize cybersecurity risks.
Annuities are one of the leading recommendations for near retirees who are concerned about running out of money. But they are also poorly understood by many consumers, and that puts people at risk for being sold inappropriate products in amounts that represent an outsize proportion of their savings.
The plaintiffs maintained that Fidelity was a fiduciary to the plan in respect to the selection of investment options, but courts did not buy that argument. Separately, New York Life and USI Insurance face new 401(k) lawsuits.
Small-business owners across industries who are nearing retirement have said they are worried about their financial security.
There are various factors beyond Covid infections to consider, some of which could have a positive effect on life expectancy, and other that could take away from it, according to a recent report published by longevity-risk consulting firm Club Vita.
Companies that compensate workers with stock have a big incentive to get those employees to consider the holdings in the context of their overall financial plan, according to Fidelity.
The two rules were among the most heavily contested measures instituted by the DOL under former Secretary Eugene Scalia, with the 401(k) rule drawing nearly 9,000 public comments, most of which opposed it.
