Workers Forced to Retire Early Can Still Achieve Financial Wellness
With the help of money management strategies, workers can still have a financially sound retirement.
Tag: Retirement Readiness
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Ascensus Creates Mobile Retirement Savings App
The READYSAVE app will leverage behavioral prompts to drive better outcomes.
Reaching K-12 403(b) Plan Participants During the Pandemic
School districts will find that advisers who normally camp out in the cafeteria or teachers’ lounge are striving to continue...
Edward Jones and Age Wave Introduce the New Four Pillars of Retirement
The ideas explain what retirees are focusing on after the workforce and as they enter the next chapter.
No ‘Earth-Shattering’ Retirement Proposals in Biden Platform
Building on Social Security and Medicare are key components of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s promised agenda—though if Congress swings...
Improving Participant Outcomes With Custom TDFs
Off-the-shelf TDFs may not meet the needs of participant demographics, so plan sponsors can build custom TDFs to provide greater...
Another Risk for Retirement Savings: Divorce
Divorced women are especially vulnerable, but targeted messages not just focused on retirement can help.
Clearing Up Confusion About Retirement Timing
The pandemic may put a wrench in some participants’ plans to retire, but others may be more prepared than they...
COVID-19 Widens the Financial Security Gap for Black Workers
Statistics about disparities may reveal what is happening among plan sponsors’ own workforces.
Generations Experience the Effects of COVID-19 Differently
Understanding each generation’s attitudes and concerns is key to knowing the right retirement savings education and tools to offer.
Mapping Spending, Salary and Savings Yields Surprising Results
Data ties spending habits, more so than income, with propensity to save.
COVID-19 Has Made the Retirement System Weaker
A working paper discusses how the pandemic has affected retirement plans and what needs to be done for the retirement...
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John Hancock Introduces Retirement Planner Tool
The digital tool helps participants project their own retirement readiness and model the impact of taking different steps to improve...
Finances Weigh on the Minds of the Majority of Americans
More than one-quarter are extremely or very concerned, according to Fidelity.
EBRI Calls COVID-19’s Impact on Retirement Security ‘Manageable’
Certain actions by DC plan sponsors and participants can keep it that way, a conversation among professionals suggests.
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Barry’s Pickings: OK Boomers
Michael Barry, president of O3 Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic that will affect retirement for...
Retirement Confidence Remains Steady
Workers’ retirement confidence was not only comparable to last year but was relatively unchanged when EBRI refielded its survey in...
The Rug Has Been Pulled From Under Americans’ Retirement Security
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of retirement security in our current landscape and sparked conversation about design and...
Some Employees Must Plan for a Retirement Without Social Security
Financial wellness programs and broader use of auto-enrollment in DC plans could help public sector employees who are missing out...
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Older Gig Workers Left Hanging Without Benefits
The number of older workers in the gig economy is growing, creating a need for health and retirement benefit solutions.