Retirement income

When employees change jobs and cash out their plan balance, they often do it over a period of years rather than all at once, according to Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

The workplace plays a significant role in facilitating retirement savings, yet less than half of workers globally are offered a retirement plan with employer contributions, finds recent research.

Employees who expect to work longer are less healthy, more stressed and more likely to feel stuck in their jobs than those who expect to retire earlier, finds new data from Willis Towers Watson.

When launching a new 401(k) program, or revamping an existing one, employers have much to consider, including eligibility, waiting periods, employer matching, plan loans and automatic features.

Some 23% of Americans with jobs said they planned on being septuagenarian employees, up from 16% in 2009, according to recent research.

When launching a new 401(k) program, or revamping an existing one, employers have much to consider, including eligibility, waiting periods, employer matching, plan loans and automatic features.

Plan sponsors should spend as much time developing education policy statements as they do an investment policy statement, says Jeffrey Hemker.

Women, in particular, are lagging in earnings and in the amount of income they’re saving for retirement, according to research from T. Rowe Price.

Retirement plan sponsors should spend as much time developing an education policy statement as they do an investment policy statement, according to Invesco’s Jeffrey Hemker.

Women, in particular, are lagging in earnings and in the amount of income they’re saving for retirement, according to research from T. Rowe Price.

Ted Benna, the man widely regarded as the father of the 401(k) plan, recently reflected on his creation – and he wasn't happy. Benna laments that 401(k)s have become so complicated and so expensive and so rife with opportunities for mistakes.

Standard target-date funds may not serve best interests of 401(k) participants, according to Russell Investments’ Josh Cohen.

Standard target-date funds may not serve best interests of 401(k) participants, according to Russell Investments’ Josh Cohen.

In this low-return, low-interest rate environment, there’s a new set rules for offering a list of retirement plan funds, according to wealth management adviser Robert Lawton.

In this low-return, low-interest rate environment, there’s a new set rules for offering a list of retirement plan funds, according to wealth management adviser Robert Lawton.

Russell Investments goes a step further than target-date funds based on participant demographics at the plan sponsor level by enabling automated TDF customization at the participant level.

While the 401(k) marketplace is crowded with asset managers anxious to create customized target-date funds based on participant demographics at the plan sponsor level, Russell Investments goes a step further by enabling automated TDF customization at the participant level.

Almost 20% of Americans 65 and older are now working, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the most older people with a job since the early 1960s, before the U.S. enacted Medicare.

Even with disclosure rules in place, it is sometimes hard for plan sponsors to discern the fairness of the fee structures in their retirement plans.

To improve employees’ long-term finances, encourage plan sponsors to look past typical 401(k) metrics and concentrate on a comprehensive approach to financial services.