The Retirement Alternatives Test — Evidentiary limit
Entities and roles
- America First Audit — The Retirement Alternatives Testaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Claims and evidence
- factdocumented
GAO reported that 401(k) plans held about $6.7 trillion in participant assets in 2022 and modeled how crypto allocations could affect volatility; that historical total is context, not an amount moved by the later order.
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: 401(k) Plans: Industry Data Show Low Participant Use of Crypto Assets Although DOL's Data Limitations PersistHighlights, 2022 asset total, and portfolio simulation
Measurements
Historical 401(k) participant asset pool in 2022about $6.7 trillion in 2022 assets - Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Participant-directed retirement-plan savers; Retirement-plan fiduciaries and sponsors
- Period
- 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- As of
- 2024-11-19
- Method
- GAO-reported aggregate 401(k) participant assets for 2022.
- Uncertainty
- Historical total is not the amount eligible, allocated, lost, exposed, or transferred because of the 2025 order.