October 26, 2018
This week is National Retirement Security Week! Proclaimed by an official declaration from Congress in 2016, each year supporters of 401(k)-style defined contribution plans use this week to promote their products. We’ve decided to take back retirement security from the …
August 31, 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! As we do most weeks, we have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the …
August 9, 2018
Women are more likely than men to be in poverty during retirement. There are multiple causes for this. Women live longer than men, so they simply have more years of retirement to finance. Also, women typically have less in retirement …
July 11, 2018
Last month the Board of Trustees for Social Security released their annual report on the program’s finances. Much of the information was the same as in previous years: the Social Security trust fund is projected to be exhausted in 2034. …
June 6, 2018
Retirement inequality is increasing in the United States and the age of retirement is one dimension of that inequality. While the overall average retirement age for Americans is increasing, that increase is not even across socio-economic status. Less educated workers …
May 23, 2018
Defined benefit pensions are the most secure form of retirement savings. This has been true for decades and is why cities and states have offered pensions to their public employees for more than a hundred years. Pensions also used to …
