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Specifically, they should offer intuitive plan health dashboards, the research company says.

“There can be huge consequences from making the wrong decision, ranging from taxes and penalties to higher fees and risky or poor performing investments," says Ric Edelman, with Edelman Financial Engines.

Participants who have taken a hardship withdrawal are nearly three-times more likely to feel “always” stressed in general and three-times more likely to have “a lot” of stress about their financial situation.

The self-employed think about and plan differently for retirement compared with their counterparts working for companies and corporations; they also have double the emergency savings.

The higher the annuity credited rate (interest rate) for a pension risk transfer (PRT), the more interest an insurer would earn and the less money it needs today in order to guarantee the monthly benefit, but the lower the interest rate, the less interest it would earn and the more money it needs today, explains Mark Unhoch, with October Three.

They are also less optimistic about the U.S. stock market and economy, according to a Nationwide survey.

Fifty-seven percent of workers would like to make their own financial decisions but have someone validate those decisions, and 31% want specific advice, PwC found.

Among those that are now considering physical, social, financial, community and mental health, employee productivity is higher.

Plan sponsors that fully automate their plans are more likely than others to believe their workers are on the path towards a financially secure retirement, J.P. Morgan found.

Education on its own is simply not enough.

A study by Greenwald & Associates and CANNEX shows those close to retirement highly value guaranteed income to supplement Social Security, and suggests advisers consistently underestimate clients’ interest.