A study of 84 large employers from Hewitt Associates finds that employees who contribute to their savings plans over a full career are on track to have retirement...
More than half of 401(k) retirement savings plan participants report that their plan has become more important to them since the financial crisis of 2008.
Allianz Global Investors has created the Allianz Global Investors Center for Behavioral Finance and hired behavioral finance expert Shlomo Benartzi of UCLA as chief behavioral economist.
A new study suggests that many providers are effectively ignoring their own counsel about targeting products, messaging, and communication approaches to distinct demographic segments.
The next target market for financial services firms should be those ages 28 to 64 who are intent on accumulating wealth for their future, which may include...
Individual account retirement plan assets are concentrated in families with higher net worth, higher family income, higher educational attainment, with older family heads, and with white non-Hispanic heads,...
The 11th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey found that despite their optimism about the economy, most companies continue to be reluctant to make significant changes to their retirement plans...
June 22, 2010 – In spite of stock market rebounds and emerging signs of recovery in various economic indicators, wealthy investors have not rushed to chase performance or...
Poor health is the top reason why workers decide to take early retirement, but factors such as high work pressure and low job satisfaction also play a role.
Gender, marital status, age, education, and other demographic variables have a significant impact on the likelihood of a worker receiving a retirement annuity and/or employment-based pension income in...
Fifty percent of those participating in a recent personal finance poll said they have significant regrets about how they’ve handled their financial situation.
Employers considering finding a new defined contribution (DC) provider in the next two years are almost equally concerned with understanding legislation, costs/fees, and encouraging employee participation, according to...