Societal risks such as climate change, pandemics, and financial volatility can have long-term effects and challenge retirement planning and financial resilience, writes Anna M. Rappaport at the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Maintaining and using a separate emergency savings account helps make households financially stronger and better able to save more for retirement, writes David John via the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
The Pension Research Council’s 2021 Symposium, “Sustainable Investment in Retirement Plans: Challenges and Opportunities,” cohosted by Brett Hammond of Capital Group, Raimond Maurer of Goethe University Frankfurt, and Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, was held online April 29-30, 2021. Here are some of the highlights from the event.…Read More
Millennial and Gen Z adults lagged behind in retirement savings even before the pandemic, but after the past year’s economic hardships, many are now more committed to putting their finances in order, writes Jeanne de Cervens at the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Opting for phased retirement? Find your own path for fulfillment, and a ‘life portfolio’ is as important as a financial portfolio, involving health, and the people, places, and activities you value, explains Anna Rappaport. Via the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Many multiemployer pensions were already severely underfunded; the just-passed budget bill reduces penalties for employers withdrawing from those plans. Aharon Friedman believes potential consequences will be dire. Via the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Financial wellness programs as an employee benefit have spread of late, but more can be done given COVID-19’s economic effects, explain Kevin Crain, Surya Kolluri, and Sheila Gorman. See our new RetireSecure blog.…Read More
The Social Security Administration’s estimates of its shortfalls are overly optimistic, and looming insolvency will likely come sooner than expected unless key problems are addressed, cautions James Moore on the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Long-term care in the United States has long been underfunded and had its problems ignored, which set the stage for COVID-19 infection and death in care facilities. Nora Super, Jason Davis, and Caroline Servat of the Milken Institute outline several public and private options to improve care financing, via the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
Lower returns, longevity risk make defined benefit pensions more challenging for employers to offer, but some plan sponsors are transferring these risks to (re)insurers, writes John Kiff at the RetireSecure blog.…Read More
