Participants

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.

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.