Participants | September 24th, 2015 Participants Welcome More Contact With Plan Providers Younger investors are especially interested in learning more about other products.
Participants | September 17th, 2015 A Mismatch Between Financial Benefits and Help Employees could use more financial guidance from the source that offers financial benefits.
Participants | September 17th, 2015 Sandwich Generation Needs New Messages About Saving Don’t just tell those stuck between obligations to aging parents and children they need to save more, tell them how.
Participants | September 16th, 2015 Employees Want Custom Benefits Communication A disconnect between what workers want and what employers provide in tailored benefits communications.
Participants | September 14th, 2015 401(k) Participants Do a Trading About-Face in August GIC/stable value, money market, and bond funds saw the most inflows over the month.
Participants | September 8th, 2015 Women in More Urgent Need of Savings Help than Men An analysis found a 26% gap in the shortfall between men’s and women's retirement savings.
Participants | September 2nd, 2015 Market Volatility Drives Record Participant Call Volumes It’s both a positive and a negative sign that retirement plan participant call volume hit record levels at Empower Retirement last week.
Participants | August 31st, 2015 Pre-Retirees Comfortable with Automatic Savings They advise younger generations to start saving early.
Participants | August 28th, 2015 401(k) Plan Participants React Visibly to Market Dip The last full week of August was a test of will for retirement plan participants. Many buckled under the pressure.
Participants | August 27th, 2015 Retirement Planning Takes a Life Vision There is more to retirement planning than making financial calculations—more to living in retirement than securing an income stream.
Participants | August 20th, 2015 More Participants Find Retirement Plan Provider Resources Helpful A survey shows a significant jump in retirement plan participants’ perception of the helpfulness of provider resources for retirement planning, investing and saving.
Participants | August 20th, 2015 Plan Participants Prefer One-on-One Advice to Group Sessions They also want personal guidance during enrollment.
Participants | August 5th, 2015 Student Loans Setting Millennials Back The weight of student loan debt is preventing many from saving for retirement.
Participants | August 5th, 2015 Health Care Costs Remain Major Retirement Expense A 65-year-old couple can expect to pay $220,000 on health care in retirement, a government group says.
Participants | July 28th, 2015 Cost Top Consideration During Open Enrollment More than eight in 10 employees said they focus on cost information during open enrollment for health and other insurance benefits.
Participants | July 15th, 2015 ‘Safe’ Investments Get More Participant Transfers in June Money market funds received the most inflows from defined contribution plan participant transfers in June.
Participants | July 7th, 2015 Employers Can Help with Employee Financial Stress A survey finds lower and middle-income mothers are the most financially stressed employees.
Participants | June 25th, 2015 Gen Y Concerned About Retirement Savings Safety They want safety from market volatility, and they don’t think Social Security will be there for them.
Participants | June 24th, 2015 Gen X Confident Retirement Savers On average, they started saving for retirement at age 26.
Participants | June 23rd, 2015 Personal Analysis Needed for Faculty Reluctant to Retire Unconfirmed assumptions often appear to underlie a reluctance to retire.