Tag: Post Retirement

Hal Reniger, a retirement and estate planning consultant, created Mackinac Strategies, a financial services firm specializing in retirement plan exit strategies and Social Security benefit maximization. 

The first set of Baby Boomers, those born in 1946, are not necessarily "working 'till they drop," as some studies indicate.

The average retirement age today is four years older than it was in 1991, according to Gallup’s annual “Economy and Personal Finance” survey.

Early Boomers, born between 1946 and 1955, may be the last group with enough savings to maintain financial security through their retirement, according to a study.

Both income and age affect how preretirees foresee funding for their retirement, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Lack of retirement readiness is a global problem, with retirement illiteracy a major factor.

Study after study has demonstrated Baby Boomers’ lack of preparedness and confidence in their retirement savings, and Ameriprise Financial Inc. has attempted to uncover the causes.  

Lack of retirement readiness is an emerging global crisis confronting governments, employers and individuals, a new study indicates.

Young investors are taking the lessons learned during the economic downturn to heart, with those in Generation Y saving aggressively for retirement.

Morningstar Inc. has introduced the next generation of Morningstar Retirement Manager, its advice and managed account service for defined contribution (DC) participants.

About half of retirees (49%) carry debt into retirement, says a survey conducted last month by Securian Financial Group.

If there’s a magic number that helps people feel optimistic about a successful retirement, it’s half a million, according to Maritz Research.

Most men plan for their own life expectancy without taking into account the likely chance their spouses will outlive them, a retirement specialist cautions.  

Eighty-seven percent of middle-income Americans ages 55 and older do not often contemplate or discuss their own longevity.

Twenty-two percent of workers in the 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) say the age at which they expect to retire has increased in the past year.

The mass of Baby Boomers retiring and their potentially inadequate savings will present challenges for the whole economy.

More companies are making the financial wellness of their work force a priority in 2013, according to an Aon Hewitt survey.   

Workers today are less likely than their parents or grandparents to keep up the standard of living from their working years in retirement, research found.

Great-West Financial expanded its suite of retirement readiness products and services for plan sponsors and participants.