Tag: Retirement Readiness

Employee engagement and workplace happiness can be even more important than finances when predicting an individual’s retirement age.

Retirement savings levels needed for those with cancer, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and other health issues vary considerably from...

The number one reason Millennials invest is to have an emergency/“rainy day” fund, a survey finds.

Competing financial priorities are making Generation X far less confident than other generations that they will be able to make...

While three-quarters of pre-retirees and retirees have some kind of financial retirement plan, only 16% have a formal written retirement...

If today’s working-age households had the same level of student debt as those recently leaving college, an additional 4.6% would...

Researchers analyzed whether it is realistic to expect that older individuals will be able to work longer.

Target-date funds and other QDIAs are often thought of as set-it and forget-it investments, but new data from J.P. Morgan...

Fifteen percent of Americans polled say they find it hard to make ends meet every month.

The old concept of income replacement rate is simple, but may omit significant factors.

Not all retirement decisions are strictly financial.

A new survey and research report from Aon Hewitt reveals large employers plan to expand the depth and breadth of...

Nearly half of employees are expected to be able to meet essential retirement expenses, up from 38% two years ago,...

On a scale of zero to 150, the score lets people know how well prepared they are for retirement.

An extensive new report from BrightScope and the Investment Company Institute finds large plan sponsors, in particular, are squarely focused...

The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association issued a white paper to help sponsors do a better job of preparing participants...

Leading-edge employers already know “retirement plans are not enough” when it comes to improving employees’ long-term financial outlook, according to...

New research from the Michigan Retirement Research Center shows important differences in the retirement outlooks of singles and couples. 

Suffering an extreme bear market event near the onset of retirement can seriously derail an individual’s ability to maintain financial...

Many of the problems facing the U.S. retirement system today are far from local phenomenon, says Fredrik Axsater of State...