MarketBeat: Voluntary Participation Rates are Awful — Or Are They?

While there is room for improvement in 403(b) participation rates, those rates are not as doom-and-gloom as those who market alternatives to 403(b) plan sponsors would like you to believe. In this week’s MarketBeat, Michael Webb explains why it’s a mistake to compare participation rates in 401(k)s to that of 403(b)s and jump to conclusions.