In the News • June 20, 2013
U.S. News reports on the staggering retirement savings gap facing Americans and covers newly released NIRS research that examines the magnitude of the retirement savings shortfall. For all working-age families, typical households have only a few thousand dollars saved for retirement. Read the full article here.
In the News • June 20, 2013
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee releases a statement about the NIRS report The Retirement Savings Crisis: Is It Worse Than We Think? emphasizing the concerns Americans have about retiring with adequate income and his USA Retirement Fund proposal. Read the statement from Senator Harkin here.
In the News • June 20, 2013
Plansponsor covers the NIRS webinar releasing our report “The Retirement Savings Gap: Is It Worse Than We Think” presenting research on working households not holding enough assets to retire. Read the article here.
In the News • June 19, 2013
The Twin Cities’ Pioneer Press highlights the retirement savings gap facing working Americans households and NIRS’ release of the The Retirement Savings Crisis: Is It Worse Than We Think? Read the article here.
Press Release • June 1, 2013
Typical Working-Age Household Has $3,000 Saved for Retirement; Retirement Underfunding Ranges from $6.8 to $14 Trillion Webinar on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 11 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 20, 2013 – A new research report calculates that the magnitude of the retirement savings shortfall is staggering. When all working-age families are counted, the typical family […]
In the News • April 18, 2013
NIRS executive director Diane Oakley writes that more than 70 percent of Americans agree that public employees who protect and shape our future should receive a pension. So it is not a surprise that, after the financial crisis, Pennsylvania and nearly every state enacted sustainability changes. Read the full article opinion piece here.
In the News • April 7, 2013
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In the News • February 13, 2013
“Millions of Americans have no access to a retirement plan at their workplace. In fact, about 45% of U.S. households do not have any retirement account assets at all, according to a 2013 report from the National Institute on Retirement Security. President Barack Obama took aim at the problem in his recent State of the […]
Press Release • February 1, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 26, 2013 – A new research report finds overwhelming support for Congressional action to provide all Americans with access to a new type of privately run pension plan. The research finds that Americans remain highly anxious about retirement, and see pensions as a way to improve retirement readiness. NEW STUDY FINDS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT […]