Tag: Participants

Generation X and Generation Y account for 55% of the participants in defined contribution (DC) plans administered by MassMutual.

The LGBT community is concerned they may not be able to maintain their lifestyle in retirement and could outlive their savings.

 Retirement benefits remained mostly intact during the Great Recession.   

Few defined contribution (DC) plan participants have changed their behavior based on fee disclosure information they have received.

New data from Fidelity Investments indicates 401(k) participants are getting the message about saving more and diversifying.

Boulevard R’s Retiremap was developed to help employers and plan sponsors with retirement plan education.

Two-thirds (65%) of middle-income ($40,000 to $99,999) American workers are saving less than 5% of their annual income for retirement.

Many participants have an incorrect view about what they will get from a target-date fund (TDF).

For today’s frozen defined benefit (DB) plans, the question is not if they will settle—it’s more about “how” or “when.”

SunTrust Banks Inc. rolled out an enhanced version of Plan Service Center (PSC).

Employers and employees face two main obstacles for retirement saving: tough economic times and ineffective education.

Defined contribution (DC) plans could improve participants' retirement outcomes by adopting practices of defined benefit (DB) plans and other institutional investors.

Seventy percent of people surveyed in Europe and the United States believe workplace retirement plans are “somewhat” or “extremely” important.

More than a third of Americans could live at or near poverty in retirement, according to Wells Fargo’s annual survey on retirement planning attitudes and behaviors.

 T. Rowe Price launched FiduciarySource, an online program designed to help plan sponsors better understand and fulfill their fiduciary obligations.  

 Despite being more concerned than men about the potential risks they face in retirement, fewer women complete basic retirement planning activities.  

 ING U.S.’s retirement business launched a multimedia education campaign to coincide with National Save for Retirement Week.  

Franklin Templeton launched an online Retirement Center for individual investors, financial advisers, employers and plan sponsors.

Lincoln Financial Group is encouraging Americans to save for their retirement through a video series that kicks off during National Save for Retirement Week, October 21 to October...

Despite being younger than others, on average, workers at tax-exempt health care organizations have saved more for retirement ($50,000 vs. $33,000).