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        "title": "EBRI webinar examines impact of tenure on retirement savings",
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        "summary": "A new concept – 'synthetic tenure'– aims to help retirement plan participants preserve their savings through job changes.",
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        "summary": "Reducing cashout leakage broadly increases retirement security.",
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        "uri": "/2018/12/06/what-is-auto-portability-it-depends-on-whos-asking/",
        "title": "What is auto-portability? It depends on who's asking.",
        "byline": "Tom Hawkins",
        "kicker": "Commentary",
        "prettyDate": "December 06, 2018",
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        "summary": "Auto-portability of retirement plans represents an idea whose time has finally come. Here are 5 reasons why.",
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        "uri": "/2018/10/11/pairing-401k-savings-preservation-expanded-access/",
        "title": "Pairing 401(k) savings preservation & expanded access for America's minorities",
        "byline": "Spencer Williams and Tom Hawkins",
        "kicker": "Research",
        "prettyDate": "October 11, 2018",
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        "summary": "Our research shows that pairing Open MEPs with auto-portability can help preserve minorities' retirement wealth.",
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        "uri": "/2018/07/26/401k-truth-bomb-missing-participants-are-bad-but-4/",
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        "byline": "Tom Hawkins",
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        "prettyDate": "July 26, 2018",
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        "summary": "At a minimum, missing participants have preserved their retirement savings, instead of cashing them out.",
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        "title": "401(k) consolidation: What every plan sponsor should know",
        "byline": " Tom Hawkins ",
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        "prettyDate": "June 06, 2018",
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        "summary": "Here's a high-level framework to help plan sponsors understand and address the small 401(k) account problem.",
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        "uri": "/2018/04/20/americas-modern-throwaway-401k-retirement-savings/",
        "title": "America's modern 'throwaway': 401(k) retirement savings",
        "byline": "Tom Hawkins",
        "kicker": "Commentary",
        "prettyDate": "April 20, 2018",
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        "summary": "The bulk of 401(k) cashout leakage results from a lack of plan-to-plan portability.",
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        "uri": "/2017/10/02/dc-plan-termination-5-criteria-for-selecting-a-ser/",
        "title": "DC plan termination: 5 criteria for selecting a services provider",
        "byline": " Tom Hawkins ",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2017",
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        "summary": "This video and article discuss what to look for in a provider when you're dealing with DC plan termination.",
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        "uri": "/2017/09/25/dc-plan-termination-common-mistakes-plan-sponsors/",
        "title": "DC plan termination: Common mistakes plan sponsors make",
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        "prettyDate": "September 25, 2017",
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        "summary": "Plan sponsors do make DC plan termination mistakes, but this second video of a three-part series on DC plan terminations intends to help them prevent those errors.",
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        "uri": "/2017/09/20/dc-plan-termination-1-project-5-phases/",
        "title": "DC plan termination: 1 project, 5 phases",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2017",
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        "summary": "This first video of a three-part series on DC plan terminations intends to help plan sponsors understand termination steps, common mistakes, and more.",
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