Research

Most Gen Xers (80%) wish they started saving earlier for retirement, while 67% started saving after age 30 and even more (20%) have never saved for retirement, according to a new survey.

For households making $200,000 or more annually, 113,800 lost a job in the previous four weeks, which is six times larger than a year ago, according to the latest Census Bureau household pulse survey.

Many of these are frontline workers who helped sustain communities during the pandemic – and nearly two out of three say employers have a responsibility to help them improve their financial well-being, says a new survey.

Only 2.5% of DC plan participants stopped contributing to their plans last year, indicating disciplined savings habits through stretches of inflation, market volatility and lingering concerns of a recession, according to a new study.

The auto-enrollment and auto-escalation provisions within the new legislation could be perhaps the biggest catalyst for helping American workers accumulate wealth, according to a new report.

Employers often cite wanting to help older workers close to the end of their working years as a main reason for offering in-plan benefits, while enhancing negotiating power with recordkeepers is another reason, says a survey.

Automatic enrollment and the rise of target dates funds are having a substantial impact on younger retirement savers, a Vanguard study finds.

These disruptors appear to have the retirement industry "on the cusp of a major transformation that hasn't been seen since the introduction of the 401(k) in 1978," according to a new report from Principal.