Data and Research | June 22nd, 2015 Millennials Better Savers Than Boomers More younger savers have increased their retirement contribution in the past year.
Data and Research | June 18th, 2015 Re-enrollments Remain a Poorly Leveraged Plan Booster Only 7% of plan sponsors answering a J.P. Morgan survey have previously conducted a re-enrollment.
Data and Research | June 17th, 2015 Automatic IRAs Would Help with Retirement Crisis Just how much they would help depends on several factors, EBRI finds.
Data and Research | June 16th, 2015 GAO Finds Overactive Participant Trading Is Rare Retirement plan participants seldom engage in too-frequent or inappropriately coordinated trading.
Data and Research | June 16th, 2015 MassMutual Finds Hispanic Workers Need Social Security Info Hispanic workers polled by MassMutual revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about Social Security.
Data and Research | June 16th, 2015 Job-Seekers Want a Retirement Plan Most Americans look for a retirement plan when considering a job offer, yet only 50% of employers offer one.
Data and Research | June 15th, 2015 Deflecting the Global Wave of Retirement Unreadiness What can the U.S. learn from other countries’ preparations?
Data and Research | June 12th, 2015 Towers Watson Says Managed Accounts a Better QDIA These separately managed investment accounts are built around each participant’s asset profile and individual circumstances.
Data and Research | June 11th, 2015 No Surprise—Fees Remain a Top Topic The retirement plan industry shows little sign of dropping its focus on fees and lowering the cost of investing.
Data and Research | June 10th, 2015 One in 10 Sponsors Looking to Replace Recordkeeper Fees and investment lineup are the primary motivators in the decision to keep or replace a recordkeeper.
Data and Research | June 9th, 2015 Gen X and Millennials Anticipate a Rocky Retirement Current retirees are less stressed about finances and provide examples of additional preparation steps.
Data and Research | June 9th, 2015 Comparing Lifetime Annuities and Structured Withdrawals A rigorous new study out of George Mason University takes a strong positive stance on using lifetime annuities over structured withdrawals.
Data and Research | June 8th, 2015 Electronic Disclosure Rules Are So Last Century, SPARK Says Overly restrictive rules make it difficult for plan sponsors to distribute plan information electronically, a paper says.
Data and Research | June 3rd, 2015 Study: Many Older Households Lacking Savings The GAO reports that maybe half of near-retirees have no money put aside.
Data and Research | June 3rd, 2015 DC Participants Feel Angst Over Retirement Costs Many retirement plan participants worry about being able to meet their expenses in retirement.
Data and Research | June 3rd, 2015 PSNC 2015: Top Trends in Retirement Planning Anyone who has cut their teeth in the retirement benefits space knows perennial change simply comes with the territory.
Data and Research | June 2nd, 2015 PSNC 2015: Re-Visioning Retirement Age Wave Co-Founder Maddy Dychtwald invites retirement plan sponsors to act as guides and leaders for the new retirement landscape.
Data and Research | June 2nd, 2015 Don’t Know Much About … Retirement Plan Fees About 42 million people are unaware they pay fees on their work place retirement plans, research says.
Data and Research | June 2nd, 2015 Few Have Retirement Distribution Plans More than half (56%) of retirement plan participants have no strategy for making their money last throughout retirement.
Data and Research | May 28th, 2015 Government Improves Measure of Retirement Income Income from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k)-type plans was being missed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), EBRI says.