While 81% of employers say that managing the timing of their employees’ retirement is an important business issue, only 53% say they have a good understanding of when their employees will retire.
LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute data shows single retirees feel less confident than married retirees; many say they want more professional financial advice.
In addition, two-thirds of those surveyed by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies say their most recent employers did “nothing” to help pre-retirees transition into retirement.
The program, described to "optimize wellbeing," launches at a time when employers are looking for more financial wellness platforms that better suit the needs of their employees.
Prudential Financial looked at the financial health of Asians, Blacks, caregivers, Latinos, LGBTQ Americans and women.
According to Willis Towers Watson, just over 80% of organizations acknowledge the importance of their older workers and managing the retirement process; however, only about half believe they understand the process well, and just one-quarter feel they have found an effective approach.
Those who work with a financial adviser are more than twice as confident they will have enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement, Legg Mason found in a survey.
The Plan Sponsor Council of America’s 61st Annual Survey of Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans finds only 31.4% of 401(k) plan sponsors use participant income replacement ratios as a success measure.
Findings in a Buck survey demonstrate that a failure to creatively invest in employee wellness can result in many adverse consequences for the success and sustainability of a business.
Employees expressed concerns about budgeting, health care and emergency funds, and low levels of knowledge about financial and retirement topics were reported.
Working in collaboration with Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, the National Institute on Retirement Security has published a detailed analysis of the challenges facing Latino workers in the U.S. as they save and invest for retirement.
Yet, 23% are waiting three to five years before retirement to start working with an adviser, according to a survey.
For a company with 50,000 employees, this could lead to a savings of $65 million to $97 million a year, Financial Finesse found.
However, only 56% of people have calculated how much income they need to retire, MassMutual learned in a survey.
Executives overseeing the survey report agreed that the U.S. is just beginning to see the real impact of decades of public policy decisions and private employer efforts to fundamentally reshape the retirement landscape.
Looking at whether retirees will be able to replace 75% of their final-year earnings, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found the number of households at risk of facing a shortfall range from 42% to 60%.
The majority of respondents to a Cuna Mutual Group survey feel positive about their prospects for upward wealth mobility; on the other hand, a quarter say they have no emergency savings.
Fifty-five percent of Baby Boomers say they would save more for retirement if they could pay off their debt, GOBankingRates found in a survey.
Ten percent more employers than in 2016 that offer retirement programs are measuring the financial readiness of employees to retire, a survey found.
Nearly half of workers feel confident about their retirement prospects, an AllianceBernstein survey found.