While quantitative easing (QE) programs have kept interest rates low, they’ve created a host of new risks for retirement savers as outgrowths of low yields.

That’s according to a new study from Principal Global Investors.

The study looked at four investor groups—not just defined benefit and defined contribution plans, but also retail investors and high-net-worth investors—and the risks they face, as well as how they’re responding.

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