The province will ultimately require all employers with five or more employees to auto - enrol their workers and deduct
contributions at a default rate of 4 % of earnings.
Not exact matches
Signs of the changes percolating in the retirement market were everywhere on Wednesday
at Dimensional Fund Advisors» first - ever conference focused on the defined
contribution space, from the jokes DFA's David Booth told
at the expense of the existing king of the retirement market, Fidelity, to the news of the investment product DFA is rolling out to serve as a combination
default option and lesson in responsibility for employees who are the least engaged in their retirement planning.
Under the Connecticut bill, employees who are
at least 19, make
at least $ 5,000 a year and work for companies that employ five or more workers and don't offer a retirement plan would automatically be enrolled in the state - run plan (a Roth IRA)
at a
default contribution rate of 3 %, according to the National Association of Plan Advisors, which cites the Connecticut Post.
Additionally, system savings events (excess income, excess RMDs, relocate / refinance proceeds) result in
contributions to a
default after - tax savings account that grows
at a low rate of return.
The research was clear and we followed it: we dramatically reduced the fund of investment choices so that in each asset class folks had one active fund and one passive fund, installed a lifecycle fund as the
default option, the college went from a flat
contribution to a modestly more generous one based on a matching system, we auto - enrolled everyone in a payroll deduction which started
at 4 %, and automatically escalated their
contributions annually until they reached 10 %.
I used to work
at Amazon, and by
default, I always maxed out my 401k
contributions.