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How Are Employers Measuring Participant Success within Retirement Plans?
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The ultimate proof of retirement plan participant success is in the results: whether the employee achieves a financially secure retirement. In the meantime, employers can look at a variety of metrics to help evaluate and track plan outcomes. The 2025 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey identified several of these metrics, summarized below. While not exhaustive, this  Read More →
Savings Inertia: Moving Beyond the Default
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New research has revealed some telling patterns in employee retirement plan contribution rates. According to PLANSPONSOR’s 2025 Participant Survey, nearly 4 in 10 participants said that, when choosing their rate, they simply stayed with the plan’s default setting. What this means is that the default doesn’t always just start the retirement savings journey. For a  Read More →
Early Retirement: Dream or Dilemma?
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For many workers, early retirement is the ultimate goal — carefree days filled with road trips, golf, or time spent with friends and family. Yet, reality often tells a different story. Many Americans are retiring years sooner than they expected to, often due to health problems, layoffs, or other unanticipated events. According to the 2024  Read More →

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