March 2025 Newsletter
Helping Gen Xers Weather a Perfect Storm on Crypto in 401(k)s:
Risks and Oversight Challenges
Generation X — comprising those born between 1965 and 1980 — faces unique financial and social pressures that have left almost half of them with no retirement savings. Compounding these challenges, only 1 in 10 Gen Xers plans to delay filing for Social Security until age 70 to maximize their benefit, due in part to concerns about the program’s long-term solvency. For plan sponsors, providing tools and resources tailored to this generation’s needs can...
The Part-time Participant
The SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 have increased many part-time employees’ access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. As such, understanding the unique challenges of improving part-time participants’ retirement readiness, and how their needs may differ from...
Amazon Faces Allegations of Mismanaged Funds
Amazon.com Inc. and the administrative committee overseeing its 401(k) savings plan have been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging improper management of employee forfeiture funds. The lawsuit, Curtis v. Amazon.com, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and claims...