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Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes The Pew Charitable Trusts as Associate Level Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that The Pew Charitable Trusts has rejoined the Council as an Associate Level Member for 2025.…Read More

February 18, 2025   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes BlackRock as Director Level Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that BlackRock has rejoined the Council as a Director Level Member for 2025.…Read More

January 30, 2025   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

The Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes T. Rowe Price as Associate Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that T. Rowe Price has rejoined the Council as an Associate Member for 2025. T. Rowe Price first joined the PRC in 2007.…Read More

January 30, 2025   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

Reducing Retirement Inequality: Building Wealth and Old-Age Resilience

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Our newest volume, Reducing Retirement Inequality: Building Wealth and Old-Age Resilience, is now available for order via Oxford University Press.…Read More

January 21, 2025   |   News and Media retirement, wealth inequity

Social Security ‘Fairness’ Doesn’t Come for Free

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The Social Security Fairness Act fails to address the system’s deeper financial issues and exacerbates the program’s financial instability, warns Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council, via thinkadvisor.com.…Read More

January 17, 2025   |   News and Media financial instability, retirement, social security, Social Security Fairness Act

Will the Social Security Fairness Act Bankrupt SSA Trust Funds?

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By passing the Social Security Fairness Act, Congress not only continues to neglect the system’s looming insolvency but also accelerates its arrival, argues Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School argues, via newsweek.com.…Read More

January 13, 2025   |   News and Media retirement, social security, Social Security Fairness Act

Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes Capital Group as Associate Level Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that Capital Group has rejoined the Council as an Associate Level Member of the Council for 2025.…Read More

January 7, 2025   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

What do people regret the most when they retire?

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Retirees often regret what they did wrong, including retiring too soon, not saving enough, and not buying lifetime income, report Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Abigail Hurwitz from the Hebrew University in their new NBER WP, reported by Kerry Hannon via yahoofinance.com.…Read More

January 6, 2025   |   News and Media financial regret, lifetime income, retirement, retirement savings, saving

Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes Great Gray Trust Company as Associate Level Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that Great Gray Trust Company has joined the Council as an Associate Level Member for 2025.…Read More

December 20, 2024   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

Wharton School’s Pension Research Council Welcomes IFEBP as Associate Level Member

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The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has rejoined the Council as an Associate Level Member for 2025.…Read More

December 17, 2024   |   News and Media, Press Releases press release

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