Another Risk for Retirement Savings: Divorce
Divorced women are especially vulnerable, but targeted messages not just focused on retirement can help.
Tag: retirement plan participants
COVID-19 Widens the Financial Security Gap for Black Workers
Statistics about disparities may reveal what is happening among plan sponsors’ own workforces.
Generations Experience the Effects of COVID-19 Differently
Understanding each generation’s attitudes and concerns is key to knowing the right retirement savings education and tools to offer.
K-12 403(b) Plan Participants Hungry for More Retirement Planning Help
Participants need more information about how their plan and investments work, a survey reveals.
Mapping Spending, Salary and Savings Yields Surprising Results
Data ties spending habits, more so than income, with propensity to save.
Gen Z Outpacing Other Age Groups in Saving
Steered by the Great Recession and now COVID-19, the youngest working generation is driven to be financially aware and well.
Introducing Generation Z to Retirement
While retirement isn’t achievable for this new clutch of employees for years to come, saving for it is.
Securing Retirement for Female Workers
Faced with a list of priorities and lack of knowledge, women are often the ones who get off course with...
Plan Participants Have Their Own Responsibilities for Cybersecurity
There are common and advanced approaches retirement plan participants can take to derail data breaches and retirement account fraud.
Help Needed to Curtail Gen X’s Anxiety About Retirement
With competing financial priorities, Generation X can benefit from automated savings, savings education and access to a financial adviser.
Participants Invested in TDFs Contribute Less to Retirement Accounts
Surprising actions from retirement plan TDF investors offer lessons for plan sponsors and indicate a need for more innovation in...
Plan Sponsors Should Address Financial Squeeze Put on Gen X
Struggling with debt and budgeting, Gen Xers are in their prime earning years, they are getting close to retirement and...
Retirement Plan Participants’ Trust in Providers Could Improve
A report from NARPP shows participant engagement with retirement plan providers is declining and reveals what participants say could improve...
DC Plan Participants Share Incentives for Saving More
A company match contribution or bigger company match, more education and access to financial advice are among incentives for savings...
Effective Retirement Plan Communications Are Understandable and Accessible
A survey from the Empower Institute reveals retirement industry terms employees prefer, what they want communications look like, and how...
Retirement Industry People Moves
VALIC Appoints New Business Development Vice President; JHRPS Promotes Executives as SVP Retires; Aon Adds Sales Director to Pennsylvania Office; and more.
Employees Overestimate Knowledge About HSAs
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s 2018 Workplace Benefits Report also finds men and women show different levels of financial stress.
PSNC 2018: Making Sense of Big Data
Retirement plan sponsors have access to a plethora of data that can help them in making plan design and participant...
Financial Wellness Education Key to Participants’ Trust in Retirement Plan Providers
A study shows that higher levels of trust lead to better financial decision-making which includes higher rates of savings, increased...
SURVEY SAYS: Participant Reaction to Market Volatility
Data from the Alight Solutions 401(k) Index shows retirement plan participants reacted poorly to the latest round of stock market...