Tag: Participants

The effective retirement age for Social Security is now 70, according to a new research brief from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Employees, especially Baby Boomers, are facing a shortfall when it comes to their retirement savings, a survey found.

Lingering financial strains exacerbated by slow economic growth continue to push middle class workers’ priorities away from retirement savings and towards monthly expenses, according to the 2013 Wells...

Since the end of the recession, there are more older Americans in the work force, according to a recent Gallup poll.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has named Constance (Connie) Donovan to the newly created Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate position.

To advisers, it’s poor money habits. To sponsors, it’s inadequate participant engagement in the workplace retirement plan. But the result is the same: room for improvement.

Less than one-third (31%) of Americans believe Social Security will still be around when they retire, according to a new survey.

Financial wellness is getting more attention from plan advisers, according to speakers at a webinar by Financial Finesse, a provider of financial education services.

A new retirement readiness survey found an increasing number of plan sponsors point to participant outcomes, not gross participation rates, as the best measure of success for an...

Nearly three out of four workers likely to be focused on retirement savings have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to an updated study released by the...

Participants want advice they can trust, often feel they can’t afford it and take positive action when they get it, a survey found. 

Aon Hewitt has selected Risk Compliance Performance Solutions (RCP) as a provider of lost and missing retirement plan participant locator services within its defined contribution (DC) and pension...

Whether a person will have to live on less after he turns age 65 depends on his income before 65, research indicates.

Employees are learning more about retirement through social media, a survey found.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services is giving its plan sponsors access to the LPL Financial Retirement Partners’ Worksite Financial Solutions platform. 

Sixty-five percent of workers recently polled participate in a 401(k), IRA, or other comparable retirement plan, down from 67% last year.

Fees may no longer be the loudest voice in retirement plan discussions, said panelists at the PLANADVISER National Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Connie Weaver of TIAA-CREF explained the science behind employee engagement, the cornerstone of successful retirement outcomes. 

Participants say day-to-day expenses stand in the way of retirement savings, and Putnam Investments is responding with access to financial wellness services.

Russell Investments sent a comment letter to the Department of Labor (DOL), suggesting that the DOL test some of the proposals with participants.