401(k) Content

September 28, 2023—Employers play a significant role in designing diverse investment lineups in 401(k) plans, according to an updated study from BrightScope, an ISS Market Intelligence business, and the Investment Company Institute (ICI). The study, The BrightScope/ICI Defined...

ICI thanks the members of the House and Senate for their commitment to Americans’ retirement security through the passage of SECURE 2.0 which will improve the long-term financial well-being of Americans across the country.

Americans using defined contribution (DC) plans to save for retirement stayed the course in the first three quarters of 2022 despite ongoing market volatility, the latest ICI survey data of plans covering more than 40 million participant accounts shows.

November 29, 2022—According to a new joint study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Investment Company Institute (ICI), entitled “401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2020,” at year-end 2020, 42 percent of 401(k) plan participants’...

Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement market, with assets totaling $13.9 trillion at year-end 2021 (Figure 1). Forty-five percent of this total is held in mutual funds, with IRA mutual fund investors primarily invested in...

Have you ever thought about running 401K? I know what you’re thinking—that’s almost 10 marathons! The good news is you can take a full career to cover the distance. And you’ll be in good company. About 60 million active participants and millions of former employees and retirees are in...