Since the financial crisis and Great Recession, 401(k) plans have undergone dramatic shifts. To foster diversification and greater participation, 51% of participants in Fidelity Investments’ 401(k) plans are in automatically enrolled plans, up from 16% five years ago, and 73% of the plans use target-date funds as the default, up from 11% in 2006.
In the past year, 64% of sponsors changed their investment line-up dramatically from 20% in 2008. Plans are headed for another fundamental shift in 2012.
