Deloitte Consulting's Principal Stacy Sandler's focus is assisting providers of retirement with their business issues and opening new avenues through which to differentiate their business offering. Deloitte's recently completed annual benchmarking survey examines the climate of 401(k) plans, and how economic pressures like rising healthcare costs, high personal debt and low savings are painting a less-than-rosy picture of the state of retirement readiness for millions of Americans. Sandler shared some of her insight on the results of the survey and more.
Consulting: Of the data points revealed about the state of the 401(k) world in Deloitte's benchmarking survey, which do you think is the most significant or telling in terms of the economic era we're in?