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title: New EBRI Research Finds $2T Saved From Automated Portability
description: As much as $2 trillion could be retained in the U.S. retirement systems if Auto Portability were fully implemented, according to new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
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# [New EBRI Research Finds $2T Saved From Automated Portability](https://blog.rch1.com/blog/new-ebri-research-finds-2t-saved-from-automated-portability)

 Written by [Neal Ringquist](https://blog.rch1.com/blog/author/neal-ringquist) | April 19, 2017

As much as $2 trillion could be retained in the U.S. retirement systems if [Auto Portability](https://www.rch1.com/auto-portability) were fully implemented, according to new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). The research establishes Auto Portability as a leading retirement industry public policy initiative, placing it ahead of auto IRA initiatives and just behind universal DC coverage in terms of impact on total retirement savings shortfall.

**Jack VanDerhei, Research Director at EBRI**, presented these findings at “Retirement Plan Portability & Public Policy: Unlocking the Potential in Portability,” a forum hosted by the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) on March 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Former **Senator Kent Conrad, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings, Stephen Saxon, Principal and Chairman of Groom Law Group, and Spencer Williams, President & CEO of Retirement Clearinghouse**, also presented at the FSR event. The full presentation deck is available for [download](https://info.rch1.com/retirement-plan-portability-public-policy-deck-landing-page), and videos of each presentation can be found [here.](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2tM2-7zQzYkijJLxMGOLsQ)Auto Portability - the routine, automated movement of a participant’s retirement savings from a former employer’s plan to that employee’s current employer-sponsored plan as they change jobs – is emerging as a [best practice to plug cash out leakage](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3656066/investors-pensions/the-next-step-for-401k-innovation-auto-portability.html#/.WMCIyaLas2x) and address the growing [small account problem](https://401kspecialistmag.com/big-changes-coming-small-401k-accounts/) among DC plans.

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