Tag: Retirement Income

Pew researchers further find metropolitan areas with low retirement plan access rates are heavily concentrated in certain large states.

A survey found not being able to afford to contribute is the top reason employees say they do not participate...

A white paper from Principal discusses how in-plan deferred income annuities address risks employees face in retirement.

Many would welcome automatic enrollment and automatic increases.

Nationally, the median income for those who are 65 and older is just 60% of the median income seen among...

A letter to the IRS notes that it is rare for a DC retirement plan to offer a QLAC option...

Roughly three in five recommend those younger than them start saving earlier in their career (63%) or save more throughout...

Defined contribution retirement plans are a constant subject of research and analysis, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to describe...

Explaining the motivation for releasing the new tool, the groups observe that life expectancy is usually given as “a single...

Social Security should now be looked at as a foundation for retirement income, but not the whole house.

On average, retirees are living on $32,000 a year.

Researchers found discussing annuities caused people to think about their death, which may explain why few retirees use annuities.

Nearly half are concerned about finances.

Half of retirees expect to grow their non-guaranteed assets over the next decade, while another three in 10 expect to...

Conventional wisdom has it that lower-income workers should get the most out of Social Security, but that’s not necessarily the...

The portability of lifetime income products has increased tremendously in recent years, leaving plan sponsors with a lot of outdated...

JP Morgan researchers suggest 7% or 8% annual return assumptions have very little chance of holding out in coming years...

Retirees are better prepared than pre-retirees for paying for expenses in retirement, a study finds.

More than three quarters (76%) think they won't enjoy the same quality of life as their parents.

Companies underestimate how much help their employees want or need with retirement planning, according to a survey released by BlackRock.