Participants

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

100% TDF investors were least likely to react, according to T. Rowe Price

Investors say they understand that global economic growth may be lower in coming years, but they have trouble applying this idea to their own retirement outlook. 

The asset classes with the most inflows were fixed income funds.

T. Rowe Price suggests a number of steps plan sponsors can take to engage women in saving more for retirement.

Retirement plan participants’ trust and overall satisfaction with recordkeepers fell from 2015 to 2016, a study suggests.

The quarter that ended in March was one of the most vigorous trading periods on record for 401(k) account holders, according to Aon Hewitt. 

Even if it’s only 1% of your income to start with, it’s critical to start early to save for retirement, Northwestern Mutual says.

In both January and February, DC plan participant investment transfers favored fixed income, according to Aon Hewitt.

Aon Hewitt attributes this, in part, to the prevalence of target-date funds in DC plans.

Only 2.9% of DC plan participants took withdrawals in the first three quarters of 2015, compared with 3.1% during the first three quarters of 2014, according to an...

401(k) investors who stuck with equity allocations after the 2008 financial crisis fared better than those who didn’t.

Competing financial priorities are making Generation X far less confident than other generations that they will be able to make ends meet in retirement.

Even lower-paid employees are contributing more to their retirement plans, PSCA finds.

The retirement plan industry is approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Pension Protection Act, a law that has clearly impacted participant investing knowledge and behavior.

Women face special challenges when saving for retirement, and their approach to investing is different from men’s, research shows.

Despite looming unexpected financial burdens and interest rate uncertainty, investors express enthusiasm for their finances in 2016.

Though most trading days favored fixed income, large U.S. equity funds received the most inflows.

Plan sponsors can boost their plan participants’ investing knowledge and confidence by knowing which type of investor they are.

Only 1.8% stopped contributing to their DC plan in the first half of 2015, according to ICI.