State and local government employers can bolster the retirement and overall financial security of workers with expanded access to emergency savings benefits.
A Franklin Templeton Investments study found that although the U.S. economy has not contracted yet, workers feel elevated financial stress and anxiety.
Retirement research highlights increased investment returns for workers in defined contribution plans through diversification, including alternative assets.
The Equable Institute released its final 2022 projections for U.S. state and local public pensions funding status, revealing the best—and worst—funded state pensions.
A “state of the industry” report from recordkeeper Ubiquity finds 62% of plan sponsors expect a recession, with 47% seeing 401(k) loan requests coming from participants.
A bipartisan federal agency warns that workers may see a 23% reduction in promised Social Security benefits by 2034 if no tax increases, benefit cuts or some combination...