JPEF Special Virtual Issue: Developments in Financial Literacy

More financial literacy can produce better financial outcomes, as in the new Journal of Pension Economics and Finance Special Virtual Issue on ‘Developments in Financial Literacy,’ with an intro by Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell. Read More
Launch of the 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook

The 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook provides policy guidelines to strengthen retirement systems post-pandemic. The book launch featured a virtual roundtable discussion including Wharton’s Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell. Read More
Pension Research Council Welcomes Smart as Associate Member
The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that Smart USA has joined the Advisory Council as an Associate Member for 2021. Read More
The most financially fragile Americans during COVID-19 have difficulty answering these 15 money questions — can you?

Financial literacy can guard against financial fragility, reports new study by Profs. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton, Annamaria Lusardi of George Washington University, and Robert Clark of NC State Poole College of Management, cited in Report Door. Read More
Calibrating Retirement Planning with Current Conditions

Recalibrating retirement planning for our times: Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell interviewed by Robert Powell, Jason Fichtner, & Anna Rappaport, discussing possible solutions. Via Retirement Management Journal. Read More
Millions of Americans, it turns out, are making the right investing moves, according to studies

Low-cost target date funds in retirement plans require minimal effort from savers but can substantially enhance retirement wealth, according to Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton and Stephen P. Utkus of Vanguard, in a study discussed by Howard R. Gold of MarketWatch. Read More

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