Data & Research

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation and Buck Consultants recently studied workplace factors to determine which most influence employee engagement.   

Slightly more than half (53%) of employers feel responsible for providing financial vehicles, as well as education and advice, to help their employees have a secure retirement, according...

Boomers attempting to protect their children from financial stress may be putting their own retirement goals at risk. 

Despite their wealth, 41% of high-net worth individuals wish they had more self-control over their financial behavior, according to a report in the Barclays Wealth Insights series.

If Baby Boomers and Gen Xers delay their retirement past the age of 65, many of them will still not have adequate income to cover their basic retirement...

Research from SBR Consulting finds 41% of millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) make saving for retirement a priority.

Living longer than expected is one of the most serious issues facing U.S. workers today, according to the Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC).

Withdrawals and other leakage issues should be less of a concern to retirement plan sponsors than other factors, according to a research analyst at Vanguard. 

Wells Fargo found significant differences between how today’s retired Americans are funding their retirements and how those yet to retire expect to do so.

Many U.S. communities have been unable to make significant progress in preparing to meet the needs of their aging populations, which some say is a result of the...

An HSBC survey of 17,000 respondents worldwide found, on average, those who have financial plans based on financial advice have amassed over three-and-a-half times (357%) the retirement assets...

Lincoln Financial says to reach a secure retirement, one should aim to save ten times his or her annual income. 

The majority of individual investors (58%) say they’ve lost faith in the stock market and nearly half are not likely to ever put more money into the market,...

Older investors are unhappy with the traditional advice and guidance model, in which one pays for advice on investment selection, but receives planning advice as a "free" bonus.

The vast majority of investment committee members surveyed said they prefer a democratic approach. 

The results of the 2010 and 2011 403(b) Plan Surveys from the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) reveal some interesting differences.

Fifty-five percent of Americans planning to retire in the next seven years are confident in their ability to generate a suitable retirement income, according to a recent Cogent...

Many employees are hesitant to purchase an annuity, despite their desire for retirement income; however, some of these fears may be well-founded, Mercer says.  

Financial advisers and their clients would benefit from more precise information about their existing immediate income annuity contracts, according to the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA).

Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) IRA Database finds that almost 40% of IRA assets are invested in equities.