Data and Research | January 20th, 2023 Research Shows Workers’ Poor Grasp of Target-Date Funds Plan sponsors may need to bolster participant education for how target-date funds work, according to data from MFS.
Data and Research | November 18th, 2022 Empower Participants’ Retirement Savings Fall Despite savings rates decreasing slightly, 75% of study respondents are not planning to reduce retirement contributions.
Data and Research | November 16th, 2022 Language Messaging For Retirement Planning May Be More Dependable Communication A New Capital Group survey examines the role of language and imagery in communicating with participants.
Data and Research | October 13th, 2022 Knot of Financial Challenges Derails Saving for Retirement Goldman Sachs Asset Management finds a ‘financial vortex’ of challenges in competing financial priorities is preventing participants from saving sufficiently...
Data and Research | October 10th, 2022 Millennials Would Liquidate Retirement Assets in Market Slump Millennials would cash out their retirement plan assets in a market downturn, research shows.
Data and Research | August 8th, 2022 Workers Worry About Retirement Income as Prices Spike Millennials lead Generation X and Baby Boomers in believing that they won’t receive any benefits from Social Security upon retirement.
Data and Research | July 29th, 2022 Retirement Confidence Has Declined Across Generations Gen Z is deferring an average of 14% of each paycheck for retirement savings, besting earlier generations.
Data and Research | July 18th, 2022 401(k) Participation is High, But Few Contribute Up To IRS Limit Gen Z women surpass the men in accumulated retirement savings with higher account balances on average, says a new report.
Data and Research | July 13th, 2022 Biggest Investor Worries Are Inflation and Recession Risk Investors put heavier weight on retirement income protection than financial professionals.
Data and Research | June 21st, 2022 K-12 Educators Prefer Advisers for Retirement Planning Educators who work with an adviser are nearly twice as receptive to learning about managing finances from social media as...
Benefits | June 1st, 2022 Implementing Benefits Across Ages Challenges Plan Sponsors Meeting the workplace benefit needs of today’s multigenerational workforce requires plan sponsors to get creative.
Data and Research | May 6th, 2022 High-Net-Worth Investors Have Reimagined Retirement Investors with $5 million of investable assets have envisioned a new retirement roadmap.
Data and Research | April 20th, 2022 Study Shows Baby Boomers Were Pushed Out of the Workforce Many employees ages 55 to 74 aren’t part of the Great Resignation—they got fired.
Data and Research | July 24th, 2020 Plan Sponsors Should Focus on Life Events Rather Than Generations in Communications Employees in a survey from Empower Retirement say they believe their views are created by personal experiences and characteristics, not...
Opinions | May 5th, 2020 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...
Data and Research | May 1st, 2019 Wells Fargo Suggests Various Approaches to Retirement Saving Because people are living longer, healthier lives, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute has suggested different ways that Millennials, Generation X...
Data and Research | April 17th, 2019 Gen X Struggling Most With Retirement Readiness and Confidence However, among all age groups, the most frequently cited retirement fear is outliving savings.
Data and Research | January 23rd, 2019 Generation X Not As Confident About Retirement Readiness As Baby Boomers Both groups have saved or are on track to save $700,000 or less; however, Boomers think that is adequate savings,...
Investing | November 20th, 2018 Retirement Plans a Big Source of Mutual Fund Investing for Millennials By comparison, the majority of mutual fund investing for Baby Boomers is outside of an employer-sponsored retirement plan, Investment Company...
Data and Research | October 23rd, 2018 Millennials Say They Find Financial Planning ‘Exciting’ However, 82% of Millennials say their financial planning needs improvement.