401(k) & 403(b) Participants - Plan Fees & Alternative Investments

Do you track your 401(k) fees? Help ProPublica investigate what’s really happening to your money. Hi r/Retirement401k, We’re reporters at the nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica. If you’ve never heard of our work before, we report stories in the public interest. Right now, we’re in the process of reporting on 401(k) retirement plans and we want to hear from you. Some people have their retirement in investment funds with relatively high fees and costly add-ons – and they may never know it. The Trump administration also wants employers to include less-regulated “alternative” investments like private equity and cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans. We want to learn more about the financial products companies are pushing. You can help us report by sending your plan’s annual disclosure: https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/share-401k-fees-retirement-investment The disclosure lists your 401(k) plan’s investment options, the historical performance of those investments and information on fees — all details that every company is required by law to give an employee, but aren't always made public. \\Note: We aren’t asking for anything that shows your account balances or personal information. And if you have a 403(b) plan and work for a private, tax-exempt organization, we’d also like to hear from you. The more people we hear from, the better informed our reporting will be. Thank you for the time. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email redacted].