Tag: MyRA

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New Department of Labor rule says auto-IRA programs not subject to ERISA. At any moment in time, less than half of private sector workers (ages 25-64) participate in any form of employer-sponsored retirement plan.  The lack of universal coverage means that many workers move in and out of participating in a plan and a significant…

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Too bad we couldn’t go all the way and have auto-enrollment. We were looking at the United Kingdom’s ambitious retirement saving initiative when the President announced Treasury’s MyRA proposal last month.  The UK initiative shares two key attributes with the MyRA – namely, safe investments for the new saver and a separate mechanism to administer…