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How Can Employers Improve Defined Contribution Plans?, Knowledge@Smu Oct 2006

How Can Employers Improve Defined Contribution Plans?, Knowledge@Smu

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If 401(k)s and similar plans are the main way Americans invest for retirement, how can employers improve them? By making enrollment automatic, minimizing the use of the employer's stock, expanding the role of annuities and improving employees' financial knowledge, according to a set of recommendations issued by the Financial Economists Roundtable, a group of about 50 prominent economists, including several Wharton faculty members.