"The communication must take into account assets in participants' rollover accounts and at previous employers, not just the balance at the current employer.... The projected income stream should be based on the assumption of a long lifespan and modest investment returns; otherwise the projections could be overly optimistic.... [T]he projection should deduct estimated taxes that will be owed when people take distributions.... [T]he vast majority of participants would benefit from software that not only takes the 'big picture' of all of their retirement savings but advises them on how much to save to achieve retirement security based on their current savings and how many years until they are scheduled to retire."

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