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Retirement Savings Rate Reached an All-Time High in 2025
Team SummitEmployee Outcomes, Employer Resource Center
U.S. retirement savings metrics continued to strengthen in 2025, with 45% of participants increasing their contributions and the average total savings rate reaching a record 12.1%, according to Vanguard’s How America Saves 2026. Average account balances rose 13% year over year. Moreover, during periods of market volatility, only 5% of participants made investment changes, while  Read More →
Younger Workers Look to Employers for Retirement Help
Team SummitEmployee Outcomes, Employer Resource Center
Younger employees are placing greater responsibility on employers to help them prepare for retirement, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s 2026 Defined Contribution Plan Participant Survey. Among Gen Z participants, 86% said employers have at least some responsibility to help employees save for retirement. That view was shared by 76% of Millennials, 71% of Gen  Read More →
Staying the Course: Employees Stick with Target Date Funds
Team SummitEmployer Resource Center, Plan Investments
Target date funds (TDFs) are the most common qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) in 401(k) plans. At year-end 2022, more than two-thirds of participants in the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Investment Company Institute (EBRI/ICI) 401(k) database held TDFs in their account. A recent ICI study suggests most participants appear to be buying and holding these funds  Read More →

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