In Practice

More than half of medium and small-sized asset managers (less than $100 billion in assets under management) report they are “still cleaning and trying to understand their big...

More than three quarters view ill health as the largest barrier to a secure retirement.

Retirement wealth has not grown fast enough to keep pace with an aging population and other changes.

Less than two-thirds of Americans interviewed are confident they are saving enough for retirement, down from 72% in 2015.

When selecting a TDF, many retirement plan sponsors fail to look holistically at allocation and risk.

Retirement outcome success with the new military retirement system will depend much on participants making best savings decisions.

A survey reveals lessons from retirees for planning to pay expenses in retirement.

Research from LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute finds more Americans are entering and living in retirement with a mortgage representing their biggest source of debt.

The GAO’s analysis of literature about replacement rates found that calculating an appropriate replacement rate can be complex.

A new report finds that women have substantially less income in retirement than men.

Target-date funds may not be a set-it-and-forget-it investment after all, according to a Financial Engines study.

Northwestern Mutual has issued a report to help people develop a strategy.

A new report from Market Strategies International finds asset managers and investment service providers may be overestimating client understanding of many of the buzz-word concepts taken for granted...

Transamerica takes a look at 16 factors making women anxious about retirement.

Seventy-six percent believe they will be worse off than their parents.

LIMRA Security Retirement Institute finds five separate insurance companies reported buy-out sales above $1 billion during 2015. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics looked into factors that affect employer's costs for DB plans.

LIMRA research indicates that those who are not saving for retirement tend not to save for other reasons either.

A research brief contends that a national auto-IRA program would be more efficient at closing the retirement plan access gap than state-run programs.

What plan participants know about adequate savings rates and what plan sponsors think they know are often miles apart, according to a survey released by BlackRock.