Tag: 401(k) assets
It is always interesting to look at Vanguard’s most recent edition of “How America Saves.” And it is particularly interesting to get the numbers for 2022 – not a good year for the stock market. Indeed, the news isn’t good for 2022. More importantly, the longer-run trends – despite a great expansion in auto-enrollment –…
My friend Francis Vitagliano paid me a visit to show that 401(k) plans are paying mutual funds $940 million in transfer agent fees for services they already receive through their record-keeper. He may well be right. The question, however, is how do 401(k)s improve their lot? Defined benefit plans use collective-investment-trust (CIT) versions of…
