Retirement

How Social Security is Shaping Boomers' Retirement Plans
   Nearly half of the "Planners" created or started to create their plans between the ages of 60 and 65. The ages of 62, 50 and 55 stand out as benchmarks for planning, with 20%, 10% and 10%, respectively, starting at those ages.
3/19/13 12:21 PM  read complete story

Future Assistance from Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. in Jeopardy
   The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's financial assistance to multi-employer plans continues to increase, and plan insolvencies threaten PBGC's multi-employer insurance fund, finds the Government Accountability Office.
3/7/13 1:56 PM  read complete story

Looming Retirement Security Crisis Will Be Tougher On Women Than Men
   If the prognosticators are right -- and there's no reason to believe otherwise -- the nation's looming retirement security crisis will have a greater impact on women than men. And there are at least three very good reasons for this.
12/6/12 11:50 AM  read complete story

Analysis of State Retirement Systems Shows Assets Rose $214B in 2010
   The nation's state retirement systems totaled $2.2 trillion in cash and investment holdings in 2010, an increase of $213.9 billion (10.7%) from $2.0 trillion in 2009, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. This follows a $610.8 billion loss the previous year.
1/26/12 2:15 PM  read complete story

(BEST PLACES) New Study Ranks Top U.S. Cities for Seniors
   The study ranks 50 cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas based on nine categories -- healthcare, economy, health and longevity, social, environment, spiritual life, housing, transportation and crime -- with each category weighted based on its importance.
10/12/11 11:37 AM  read complete story

(DISPARITY) Retirement Insecurity Dramatically Rises Among Seniors of Color, Study Shows
   While only one in four white seniors now have adequate resources for a secure retirement, the disparity between whites and people of color reveals that, for seniors of color, retirement insecurity is the norm and security is the exception.
9/26/11 12:01 PM  read complete story

(DATA) Urban Institute Debuts Online Resource for Retirement Data
   Researchers can use the Data Warehouse to glean how those in different age brackets are faring and get a look at long-term retirement trends. Its initial data include statistics on older workers and population flows.
6/14/11 2:06 PM  read complete story

(SAVINGS) Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans Can Work for Small Business
   Small businesses cite cost concerns as the main reason for not offering retirement plans, believing they do not have enough employees to make it worthwhile.
2/17/11 11:52 AM  read complete story

(BOOMERS) 'Entitlements' Seen Benefiting Younger Americans More Than Seniors
   While it may seem painfully obvious that retiring baby boomers are benefiting from Social Security and Medicare at the expense of younger generations, authors of a far-reaching study from the University of California at Berkeley find that younger Americans -- specifically those born between 1972 and 2060 -- are actually getting the better bargain when the value of public education is factored in as an intergenerational entitlement program on a par with Social Security and Medicare.
9/13/10 3:16 PM  read complete story

(PENSIONS) Group Lists States with Worst Funding Ratios
   As the U.S. pension funding ratios continue to plummet, a new study from the conservative-leaning National Center for Policy Analysis includes a list of the states with the worst funding ratios and therefore least likely to sustain this level of underfunding going forward.
7/29/10 11:06 AM  read complete story