Description: A fact sheet summarizing the report, Optimizing Retirement Income by Integrating Retirement Plans, IRAs, and Home Equity.

Description: This paper discusses the proposed compulsory savings program combined with transparent investment vehicles designed to promote competition based on expense levels, fund performance and customer service. At retirement 50% of the account is annuitized in Participating Variable Annuity (PVA) backed by TIPS. All investment experience, expenses, and pooled longevity experience is passed to annuitants through periodic benefit adjustments. Annuities are priced uniformly based on age at commencement.

Description: Series of infographic to help individuals understand how life expectancy and the decisions they make impact their plans for a happy, healthy and well-funded retirement.

Description: This report presents the results of a telephone study among Americans aged 45 to 80.

Description: Summary of a report examining the decision process to retire and views on managing assets after retirement. The study was designed specifically to examine those who were not forced to retire due to ill health or disability.

Description: This report focuses on measuring retirement benefit adequacy in light of both expected and unexpected expenses in retirement and linking the measurement to the needs and objectives of different stakeholder groups.

Description: This is the Executive Summary of the results of a study, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and the Actuarial Foundation, which assesses the extent to which retirement planning software programs help users understand post-retirement risks.

Description: This research provides a literature review on the topic of post-retirement financial strategies from the perspective of an individual who is approaching retirement age. The body of knowledge surveyed is the post-retirement financial strategies literature that is related to the risks of longevity, inflation, and investment. The literature sources are both academic and practitioner-focused. The end product is a documentation of and commentary on the state-of-the-art in the post-retirement financial strategies area. The intended audience is retirement professionals, and others, who need to be well informed about the current state of post-retirement financial strategies, as reported in the literature.

Description: This report highlights the findings of the 2009 survey and focuses on issues in the survey specifically as they relate to retirement concerns unique to women.

Description: Series of infographic to help individuals understand how life expectancy and the decisions they make impact their plans for a happy, healthy and well-funded retirement.