BlackRock, Policy Group Detail Results of Delaying Social Security, Adding Guaranteed Income
Researchers ran participant simulations to show retirement income spending power could get an almost 30% boost with the strategies.
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Vanguard’s ESG Support Half That of BlackRock, State Street
Of a sample of shareholder proposals linked to ESG, Vanguard opposed almost three-quarters.
How Emergency Savings Serves Low-Income Households
BlackRock research shows that emergency savings balances helped low-income households keep more money in their retirement savings accounts during the...
Financial Advisers Rank American Funds, Vanguard as Top Asset Managers
Advisers are most swayed by trust, performance and ease of business when evaluating a manager, according to ISS Market Intelligence.
BlackRock Sells Direct-to-Consumer Robo-Advisory Business to Ritholtz
BlackRock is selling FutureAdvisor’s direct-to-consumer advice and investment business after acquiring the firm in 2015 as a business-to-business platform for...
Microsoft Escapes Retirement Plan TDF Suit
One of a string of lawsuits filed against companies that put retirement savers into a BlackRock TDF suite was dismissed...
BlackRock Invests in Small Business 401(k) Provider Human Interest
BlackRock’s investment comes on the heels of retirement legislation designed to increase retirement plan coverage by small businesses.
District Court Dismisses Two ERISA Lawsuits Challenging BlackRock TDFs
A series of lawsuits brought against plan sponsors that use the BlackRock funds as their QDIA received a setback last...
ESG Industry Put on Notice by Congressional Republicans
ESG investment strategy and the businesses around it has been sharply criticized and challenged by Republican leaders on all levels...
The Challenges and Opportunities for ESG Portfolios
Georgetown conference panel discusses how ESG should be understood in the context of other socially informed investments, and how it...
GOP Attorneys General Question BlackRock on Fiduciary, Antitrust Concerns
Nineteen Republican state attorneys general signed a letter to BlackRock seeking ‘clarification on actions that appear to have been motivated...
BlackRock Recommends Easy Solutions to Alleviate Barriers to Retirement Saving
Respondents to BlackRock’s 2019 Global Investor Pulse survey cited other financial concerns and intimidation about investing as reasons for not saving for the long term.