Data and Research

Total U.S. retirement assets grew 6% during 2014, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Work may not end when retirement begins, and money is not the only reason, a survey finds.

Because of their greater expected longevity, women generally have to save more than men for a successful retirement.

A study of retirees’ well-being suggests health trumps wealth in experiencing satisfaction in retirement.

A report suggests health care costs will consume a rising percentage of Social Security benefits for future retirees.

A study suggests CDHPs do not just cut employers’ health care costs in the first year of use.

Adds health state to all retirement replacement rate calculations in participant tool.

Fifty-five percent of Americans younger than 30 feel not saving enough could be the greatest setback on their path to retirement.

Research finds Americans hold a variety of saving and investing priorities that all compete for a piece of the paycheck, from short-term savings to IRAs and employer-sponsored defined...

Research from the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute suggests women could use a nudge to complete certain retirement planning activities.

Public sector retirement plan assets have exceeded $4 trillion for the first time, according to a Spectrem market report.

A new paper suggests that favorable assessments of aggregate retirement readiness in the United States often rely on untested assumptions.

Nearly 40 million working-age households, or about 45% of all working-age U.S. households, do not own any retirement account assets.

A recent Legg Mason survey finds affluent U.S. investors predict their average net retirement expenses could top $2.5 million without significant lifestyle changes.

A study finds about half of parents are willing to delay retirement or dip into retirement savings to pay for children’s education.

2014 pension buyout sales reached $8.5 billion.

It’s a common research finding that men, on average, have more saved for retirement than women have, but new BlackRock research has identified a core of “smart savers”...

A trend toward working longer seen in the 1980s and '90s has stabilized.

New research from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds nearly nine in 10 Americans believe the nation faces a serious retirement readiness crisis.

The United States’ 19 largest pension funds hold roughly 40% of the nation’s pension obligations, according to Russell Investments, so it’s no big surprise they are struggling with...