Tag: Retirement Income

Witnesses at a Senate hearing discussed Social Security reforms that could boost potential retirement income for workers.

About a quarter of working Americans have a nest egg balance of zero, according to a survey from COUNTRY Financial, due in large part to stagnant wage growth.

American's retirement readiness levels are not as bad as some predictions make them out to be, according to a Towers Watson report.

The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) and HealthView Services developed a health care cost assessment program that helps financial advisers prepare clients for long-term health care spending needs.

Investment solutions provider Manning & Napier launched a new website and retirement plan “prioritizer” to help advisers steer plan sponsor clients towards long-term benefits success.

The glide path of a target-date fund (TDF) should reach its landing point at the investor's actual retirement date, according to a new BlackRock study.

A new financial wellness program from Merrill Lynch helps clients assemble and compare competing financial concerns while also shaping an individualized, goal-oriented path towards a better retirement.

Employees are recognizing that their financial vulnerabilities are most likely resulting from factors they can control rather than external factors such as the economy or stock market, a...

Showing plan participants how well and how much their best-performing peers save is highly motivating, Putnam Investments finds.

Average investors are showing renewed confidence and have set aggressive investment targets, according to Natixis Global Asset Management, but outlooks for retirement remain depressed.

Financial planning technology provider OMYEN Corp. recently upgraded its Social Security Maximizer software and will provide free training on maximizing benefit payments from the federal program.

Do-it-yourself (DIY) retirement plan investors are falling behind their peers in meeting certain objectives, suggests a study from Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

Many women are still facing financial challenges due to the economy, which are impairing their retirement readiness and outlook.

Fewer Americans plan to rely on a 401(k) account as their main source of retirement income than planned to prior to the recession, according to a recent Gallup...

Individual retirement account (IRA) rollovers increased 7.3% during 2013 to reach $321.3 billion in total rolled-over assets, according to financial analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Three factors create a roadblock to retirement income for advisers' clients: low yield, adequate equity exposure and managing volatility.

Plan officials need to offer a greater variety of target-date fund glide path options to meet the differing needs of participants, Transamerica says in a new white paper.

The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans decreased to 86% in April, according to Wilshire Consulting.

The smallest of employers are gaining enough confidence in the economic growth of their businesses to increase efforts to help employees save for retirement.

Abandoned 401(k) accounts don’t do anyone any good, and they just may be hitting critical mass, according to the Retirement Clearinghouse.