WANTED: RADICAL REDESIGN OF NATION'S RETIREMENT PLANS
December 15 2006 - 6:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
New Survey Reveals Young Workers Find "Auto-Pilot" Retirement Plan
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http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/25685/consumer.html THIS IS A
MULTIVU SPECIAL REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT. THE
RESULTS OF PRUDENTIAL'S FIFTH ANNUAL WORKPLACE REPORT ON RETIREMENT
PLANNING FOUND THAT YOUNGER WORKERS WOULD WELCOME A RETIREMENT
PROGRAM WITH AUTOMATIC PLAN FEATURES. AUTO-PILOT FEATURES REPRESENT
A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM THE 401K DESIGN THAT APPEALED TO BABY
BOOMERS. DR. LINDA KLEIN, ASSOCIATE DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: "Today's youngest workers are keenly aware that
the Boomers' 'do-it-yourself' approach to saving for retirement
isn't working. It is not delivering the retirement security that
they need and they want." THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT YOUNG WORKERS
WOULD EMBRACE "AUTO ENROLLMENT" AND WOULD BE EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT AN AUTOMATIC APPROACH TO OTHER KEY COMPONENTS OF PLAN
MANAGEMENT LIKE MANDATED MINIMUM-CONTRIBUTION RATES IN THEIR
WORKPLACE-PROVIDED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN. IN THE MOST COMMON
TYPES OF THESE PLANS, ALL DECISIONS ABOUT PARTICIPATION, SAVINGS
RATES, AND INVESTMENT CHOICES ARE CURRENTLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
INDIVIDUAL PLAN PARTICIPANTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
WWW.PRUDENTIAL.COM. I'M LARRY CARDARELLI AUDIO PROVIDED BY:
Prudential
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