Products | March 23rd, 2015 Empower Launches Research Unit Improving retirement outcome is the mission of Empower Retirement, which will research retirement issues and challenges.
Data and Research | March 5th, 2015 Helping Women Become ‘Smart Savers’ Closes Gender Gap It’s a common research finding that men, on average, have more saved for retirement than women have, but new BlackRock...
Data and Research | March 3rd, 2015 Investing Public Feels Retirement Crisis Is Real New research from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds nearly nine in 10 Americans believe the nation faces a...
Benefits | March 2nd, 2015 NYC Aims for Private Sector Retirement Program in 2015 New York City has launched the New York City Retirement Security Study Group, a panel tasked with advancing private-sector retirement...
Participants | February 19th, 2015 Participants Don’t Realize Benefit of Small Savings Boost If only retirement plan participants knew how a small change in retirement savings could add up, they would be more...
Data and Research | February 18th, 2015 Medical Expenses Again Cited as Top Retirement Worry Americans confess their greatest financial worry about retirement is high medical expenses, as revealed in a Bankrate.com survey.
Products | February 10th, 2015 Voya, Alliance Bernstein Create Income Product A new retirement income investment option from Voya Financial and AllianceBernstein seeks to deliver a sustainable lifetime income strategy for...
Data and Research | February 3rd, 2015 Gap Remains Between Income Needs and Planning The good news from a new TIAA-CREF survey is that Americans acknowledge the importance of a lifetime income plan. The...
Compliance | January 27th, 2015 Council Supports Keeping Participants in Retirement Plans The ERISA Advisory Council has made recommendations to support the idea of retirement plan participants keeping their savings in ERISA-covered...
Benefits | January 22nd, 2015 Cost of Retirement Income Jumped in 2014 A quarterly analysis from BlackRock finds the cost of purchasing lifetime income units increased significantly in the last 12 months,...
Participants | January 13th, 2015 Plan Participants Want Estimate of Lifetime Income A majority of respondents to a survey said they want their retirement benefit statements to provide an estimate of lifetime...
Products | January 12th, 2015 Pentegra Makes Available Hueler Lifetime Income Product A new product expands access to institutionally priced lifetime income for thousands of retirement plan participants.
Compliance | December 19th, 2014 Regulators Got Real About In-Plan Annuities in 2014 With invigorated provider interest and new guidance from key regulators, 2014 turned out to be an important year for annuities...
Compliance | December 19th, 2014 The Year in Regulation and Guidance Several regulations and pieces of guidance issued in 2014 will have a lasting impact on retirement plans.
Products | December 15th, 2014 DCIIA Offers Clarification of Longevity Annuity Rules The DCIIA has released a FAQ document about new regulations for qualifying longevity annuity contracts in retirement plans.
Opinions | December 11th, 2014 What’s Your ‘Number?’ Lucky 13? $1,000,000? 867-5309? Many participants have no idea what their “number” is or even what it means.
Participants | December 10th, 2014 Overlooked Factors Can Dim Retirement Outlook Addressing some commonly overlooked factors can improve preparations for retirement.
Data and Research | December 9th, 2014 Financial Barriers Delay Retirement for Boomers Lower investable assets and higher health care costs are delaying retirement for the 94% of working middle-income Baby Boomers with...
Data and Research | December 3rd, 2014 Many Lack Basic Retirement Income Knowledge Just one in five retirement-age Americans can pass a basic quiz on strategies to make their nest eggs last throughout...
Data and Research | December 2nd, 2014 Is Census Data Shorting Total Retirement Wealth? Commentators are questioning the accuracy of Census Bureau data that examines how well off Americans are in retirement.