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The SPWG serves as a central repository for thought leadership related to retirement savings preservation. Many of the key studies and reports are below. 

 

Contact us to suggest papers or studies for inclusion.

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Actionable Insights for Your Mobile Workforce: Portability Solutions Key to Improving Retirement Outcomes

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) and Boston Research Technologies (BRT)

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An Analysis of Retirement Models to Improve Portability and Coverage

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

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Auto Portability Simulation

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH)

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Borrowing from the Future: 401(k) Plan Loans and Loan Defaults

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Early Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts During the Great Recession

Statistics of Income Division, Internal Revenue Service

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Eliminating Friction and Leaks in America’s Defined Contribution System: Fixing the Systemic Breakdowns That Impact Every Sponsor, Participant and Provider

Boston Research Technologies (BRT)

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Focus On . . . Retirement Plan Leakage

Journal of Pension Benefits

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How America Saves 2019

Vanguard

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Leakage of Participants’ DC Assets: How Loans, Withdrawals, and Cashouts Are Eroding Retirement Income

AON Hewitt

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Making the Right Choice the Easiest Choice: Eliminating Friction and Leaks in America’s Defined Contribution System

Boston Research Technologies (BRT)

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Plug the Drain: 401(k) Leakage and the Impact on Retirement

Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA)

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Plugging the Leaks in the DC System: Bridging the Gap to a More Secure Retirement

Fidelity

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Policy Changes Could Reduce the Long-Term Effects of Leakage on Workers’ Retirement Savings

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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Potential vs. Realized Savings under Automatic Enrollment

TIAA

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Reducing Retirement Savings Leakage

Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

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Retirement Savings: Additional Data and Analysis Could Provide Insight into Early Withdrawals

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans

Harvard Business School (HBS)

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The Impact of Auto Portability on Preserving Retirement Savings Currently Lost to 401(k) Cashout Leakage

Employee Benefit Research Institute (Jack VanDerhei)

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The Impact of Leakages on 401(k)/IRA Assets

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

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The Mobile Workforce’s Missing Participant Problem

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) and Boston Research Technologies (BRT)

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The impact of 401(k) cash-outs on retirement income

Alight Solutions

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What Do Workers Do with Their Retirement Savings after They Leave Their Employers?

Alight

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What Moves the Retirement Readiness Needle: Quantification of Risk and Evaluation of New Proposals

Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

©2019 by Savings Preservation Working Group

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