Gen Zers Most Confident About Retirement, but Still Worry About Outliving Savings
For the third consecutive year, BlackRock’s survey finds at least 60% of respondents from all generations say they are worried...
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Competing Priorities Pose Challenges to Gen Z, Millennial Workers Saving for Retirement
Employers should encourage younger workers to build emergency savings before contributing toward the company match and paying off student debt,...
Millennials Define Retirement as Time of Greater Flexibility, Not Workforce Exit
While Millennials are moderately confident they will have sufficient retirement savings, many suffer from ‘money dysmorphia,’ new research shows.
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Study Shows Gen Z Employees Not Taking Advantage of Health Savings Accounts
Employees younger than 30 were the most likely to contribute $0 to their HSAs, according to a new Inspira study.
Gen Z Employees Show Affinity for Increased Personalization in TDFs
Young 401(k) participants were the most likely to share personal information to help tailor their retirement investments to their needs...
Gen Z Outpaces Previous Generations in Retirement Savings
The youngest generation in the workforce has saved almost three times the amount Gen X households had saved in defined...
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Gen Z Employees Seek More Personalized, Year-Round Benefits Experience
New MetLife data suggests that employers should re-evaluate their benefits strategies with this cohort’s needs in mind.
Gen Z, Millennials to Seek Employer Support for Retirement Savings in 2024
Despite dealing with the most debt of any current generation, Gen Z and Millennial workers value saving for retirement and...
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Time to Shine: Plan Sponsors Must Optimize Open Enrollment Window
Most participants procrastinate in reviewing their benefits, and many do it quickly. Plan sponsors need to communicate effectively and leverage...
Union Members Report Faring Better Financially, Yet Take More Loans
Loans and hardship withdrawals from a retirement savings account are more prevalent among Taft-Hartley plan members, with Gen Xers leading...
Women Still Less Likely Than Men to Feel Ready for Retirement
Generation X women are also the least likely to have a financial plan, according to a Northwestern Mutual study.
Youngest Workers Feel They Face Most Retirement Obstacles
Workers from Generation Z say the cohort experiences higher financial stress than other generations, affecting their job performance, according to...
Women Making Retirement Savings Progress, Fidelity Finds
A higher percentage of women are saving for retirement than four years ago, and women are staying the course when...
Gen Z Workers Take Different Investing Approaches Than Older Generations
Plan participants born after 2000 raised their retirement contributions and invested in cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens at higher rates than...
Young Adult Retirement Confidence Linked to Worries About Uncertain Future
This generation’s outlook on climate change, social injustice and political turmoil can very much affect how young adults feel about...
How Social Media Influences Plan Sponsors’ Participant Communications
The critical mission of educating younger employees about retirement investing requires different engagement tactics than in the past.
Target-Date Funds Have Normalized Workers’ Equity Allocations
Extreme and age-inappropriate allocations by workers to equities, of either 100% or nothing, have been solved by the Pension Protection...
Retirement Accounts Up Despite Inflation, Volatility
Fidelity data shows that 74% of workers globally cite cost of living and inflation as sources of stress.
Young Workers Want Cryptocurrency in 401(k)s
Gen Z and Millennial workers are more likely to consider a broad range of retirement plan investments and want more...
Knot of Financial Challenges Derails Saving for Retirement
Goldman Sachs Asset Management finds a ‘financial vortex’ of challenges in competing financial priorities is preventing participants from saving sufficiently...