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By Lynn Cavanaugh | July 02, 2024 at 12:00 PM

How do plan sponsors and employers narrow the wealth gap in 401(k) plans? The Collaborative for Equitable Retirement Savings (CFERS), which collects data on retirement income disparities, attempted to provide some clarity on this topic in a June 21 webinar titled "Investors First: Strategies for Narrowing the Savings Gap in 401(k) Plans."

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