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The timing of when one leaves the workforce has a variety of effects—and a recent study examines whether, and how, it affects one’s lifestyle during retirement.
In “Retirement Consumption and Pension Design,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 31628, researchers study whether...
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While financial worries remain among the top reasons Americans are delaying retirement or are returning to work, a surprising number cite other, more personal reasons for doing so, a new survey finds.
According to the survey from Fidelity & Guaranty Annuities & Life (F&G), which...
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There’s some good new and some bad news in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) just-released retirement report, which examines how plan participants are preparing for, transitioning to, and managing their finances in retirement.
On a positive note, more U.S. workers over the last year have...
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New research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), conducted in partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, reveals that households with spending “spikes” are more likely to increase their credit card debt or take a 401(k)-plan loan.
Leveraging data across 29 million Chase...
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Where do things stand regarding retirement assets and plan participation in the United States? Two agencies give us a look.
Assets
U.S. retirement assets as of New Year’s Eve in 2022 stood at a total of $37.8 trillion, says the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in U.S. Retirement Assets: Data...
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The plaintiffs in one of the dozen or so cases involving the BlackRock Lifepath target-date funds (TDFs) have made it past the motion to dismiss stage.
In this case (Trauernicht et al. v. Genworth Financial Inc. et al., case number 3:22-cv-00532, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
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In 2023, CalSavers was beset by the summer doldrums. The CalSavers Retirement Savings Board reports that this last summer, the program grew by some measures, but remained stable or even shrank slightly by others.
Employer registrations were lower at the end of summer than they were at its start;...
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In our August Third Thursday, we discuss the Safer Act, which became a provision in SECURE 2.0 allowing penalty-free withdrawal from retirement plans for victims of domestic abuse. Given the breadth and scope of domestic violence, this educational session offers background information on the...
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a report concerning the proposals for a new proportional formula for use with the windfall elimination provision (WEP).
Specifically, in “The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) in Social Security: Proposals for a New Proportional Formula”...
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Noting that “prolonged investigations carried out by federal agencies, such as EBSA, create tremendous strain on retirement plan sponsors,” two key House Republicans are pushing back.
In a Sept. 19 letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the Education...
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