Administration | February 6th, 2018 How to Help Different Generations With Retirement Savings Challenges Employees of different generations have different needs when it comes to planning and saving for retirement.
Investing | February 6th, 2018 Managed Accounts and the Shifting Fiduciary Landscape Common sources of plan sponsor and participant concern with managed accounts include cost concerns, lack of participant understanding, and lack of...
Data and Research | February 1st, 2018 Campaign Launches for America’s Financial Security The campaign is aimed at educating policymakers and the American public about making saving easier for Americans of all ages,...
Data and Research | January 31st, 2018 Empower Draws Participant Engagement With Estimated Retirement Income The firm's study shows that when individuals view their projected monthly income in retirement, those who take action increase their...
Data and Research | January 29th, 2018 Study Offers Suggestions for Improving Americans’ Retirement Confidence “Eighty-six percent of employees say that if their employer improved benefits or added access to an investment plan, it would...
Compliance | January 24th, 2018 Would a Retirement Plan Mandate Mirror Affordable Care Act Fight? “I really like the idea of promoting default-driven plans, and the evidence is abundantly clear that automatic retirement plans can...
Administration | January 23rd, 2018 Sibson Suggests How to Measure Employee Retirement Readiness Sibson suggests that employers consider one or more of the following three metrics: replacement ratio, wealth accumulation target and retirement...
Data and Research | January 19th, 2018 Fiduciary Questions Still Stymie In-Plan Income for Many Sponsors Plan sponsors cite a number of reasons for being unlikely to offer an annuity-type product in the near term; top...
Data and Research | January 18th, 2018 Study Proposes a “Simple” Strategy for Retirement Income “We’re not suggesting things that take a lot of expense—the strategy uses existing tools plan sponsors have as well as...
Administration | January 17th, 2018 A Retirement Draw Down Strategy Starts With Education Plan sponsors need to give participants the education and tools they need to develop a strategy for spending assets in...
Data and Research | January 17th, 2018 Millennials May Have Wrong Expectations About Retirement One-third (34%) of Millennials say they plan to save $200,000 or less to be comfortable in retirement, according to a...
Products | January 11th, 2018 Financial Soundings Solution Supports In-Plan Retirement The firm’s retiree program is designed to provide plan participants the essential guidance needed to manage assets through retirement from...
Data and Research | January 10th, 2018 Debt Management Should Be a Factor in Retirement Security Policy According to an NBER working paper, researchers found it is not just the value of debt for people on the...
Data and Research | January 9th, 2018 CRR Finds Those at Risk for Having Inadequate Retirement Income Dropped All groups of households experienced an improvement in risk, except middle-age and middle-income households, due in part to more non-mortgage...
Compliance | January 2nd, 2018 House Bill Seeks Retirement Plan ‘Simplification and Enhancement’ Alongside numerous changes, the bill seeks to eliminate the current 10% cap on automatically-increased deferral rates of employees who are...
Participants | December 22nd, 2017 EBRI Data Delivers Fresh Retirement Health Care Cost Concerns Retired couples, according to EBRI research, can require up to $370,000 to cover premiums for Medicare Parts B and D,...
Data and Research | December 12th, 2017 Investors Agree Guaranteed Income in Retirement Is Important However, there is confusion about how to get this additional income stream.
Data and Research | December 5th, 2017 Spouses Play a Bigger Part in Retirement Planning The spouse of a married retirement saver inspires one out of five financial planning conversations, and this is growing, according...
Data and Research | November 28th, 2017 Retirees Spending Only About 1% of Assets Each Year More than one in three retirees actually see their assets grow, BlackRock and EBRI found.
Investing | November 22nd, 2017 Experts Push for Sponsor Courage When Offering In-Plan Lifetime Income DOL leadership has stated explicitly that investments with lifetime income elements can be a prudent investment option in DC plans,...