Auto Portability in the News
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401k Real Talk Episode 148: April 16, 2025
In his recurring 401(k) Real Talk video series, Fred Barstein, Founder & CEO of The Retirement Adviser University (TRAU), covers the major 401(k) topics of interest to plan advisors. In this episode, Barstein reports on the December 2024 announcement from the Portability Services Network (PSN) regarding plan sponsor adoption. Barstein hails the accomplishment and gives substantial credit to "the Retirement Clearinghouse, led by Spencer Williams, [who] was the driving force behind the network" while individually naming each of PSN's member recordkeepers, adding that "membership is open to all recordkeepers."
Auto Portability Is Changing Retirement—Here’s Why It Matters Now
Join podcast host Rebecca Hourihan as she sits down with industry experts Spencer Williams and Neal Ringquist from Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) to explore the game-changing innovation of auto portability. Discover how the Portability Services Network (PSN) is tackling the challenge of maintaining retirement savings as employees change jobs, what it took to bring this idea to life, and why it matters to the evolving mobile workforce.
On Earth Day, Consider Auto Portability to ‘Recycle’ 401(k) Savings
On April 22nd, we celebrate the 55th annual Earth Day, and
that gives RCH’s Tom Hawkins the opportunity to consider how the concept of
recycling applies to our nation’s 401(k) system, which Hawkins characterizes as
having a “waste problem” that manifests in the form of excessive cashout
leakage and stranded accounts. By contrast, auto portability represents a
sustainable solution that ‘recycles’ small-balance accounts, and its adoption
is rapidly accelerating following the operational status of the Portability
Services Network (PSN).
This 401(k) Change Could Help 3 Million More Americans Afford Retirement
Adam Hardy, lead data journalist at Money.com, analyzes the recent Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) issue brief that modeled the impact of three "automatic" defined contribution features - auto enrollment, auto escalation and auto portability. By itself, the EBRI research finds that auto portability could reduce the retirement savings shortfall (RSS) by 11.4%, and if taken together with the other features "the benefits are compounded."
RCH Consolidation Corner Channel Ep. 6 - Rethinking the Automatic Rollover IRA
Welcome to another edition of the RCH Consolidation Corner Channel, where we provide you with audio content that explores key issues in the preservation and consolidation of retirement savings. Today, we’ll be examining the topic of “traditional” automatic rollover IRAs, which we believe will be rapidly eclipsed by auto portability. We hope you’ll find the audio enjoyable and informative.
More Good News on the Retirement Saving Front
The American Retirement Association's John Sullivan, writing in NAPA Net, runs down "good news" in the retirement landscape, as reflected in Morningstar's 2025 Retirement Plan Landscape Report. Quoting Morningstar's Liam Mitchell, Sullivan writes that "referencing efforts to encourage widespread auto portability adoption, [Mitchell] said it 'bears watching in the coming years to see if they will help stem this flow'" of assets leaving the DC plan system.
Transforming Retirement Savings with Auto Portability (Ep.50)
In episode 50 of The 401(k) Marketing Podcast, 401(k) Marketing's Rebecca Hourihan sits down with RCH's Spencer Williams and Neal Ringquist for a wide-ranging discussion on the "fascinating journey of auto portability from concept to critical mass." The three discuss the role of the Portability Services Network (PSN) and its collaboration with major record keepers, how shifting demographics and technology are reshaping retirement savings behavior, navigating the mechanics of auto portability, and exploring the significant impact of auto portability on underrepresented communities and in reducing cash-out leakage.
Recordkeepers Are the Key to PSN Auto-Portability
Writing in PLANSPONSOR, RCH & PSN President Spencer Williams provides readers with a unique point-of-view on how auto portability works, from the perspective of industry adoption. Citing PSN's "remarkable success in its first year" with over 15,000 plans choosing to adopt the service, Williams describes the roles of recordkeepers and employers in stoking auto portability's accelerating adoption. Williams' piece also focuses on the importance of reciprocity between recordkeepers, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity and accountability -- and observes that "PSN auto portability is a balanced, complex, integrated and interdependent system."
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