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.
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 […]
In the News • January 21, 2013
The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch covers the NIRS Report, The Retirement Savings Gap: Is It Worse Than We Think?, suggesting that the silver lining of defined benefit pensions protecting baby boomers, should be a benefit all Americans have access to. Read the article here.
In the News • January 19, 2013
In the News • January 14, 2013
January 14, 2013 – The Washington Post quotes NIRS executive Director Diane Oakley. “We’re going from bad to worse. Already, fewer private-sector workers have access to stable pension plans. And the savings in individual retirement savings accounts like 401(k) plans — which already are severely underfunded — continue to leak out at a high rate.” […]
In the News • January 10, 2013
January 10, 2013 – A USA Today column quotes NIRS executive Director Diane Oakley on the economic efficiencies of defined benefit pension plans. “Over 30 years, Oakley says, money in individual retirement accounts can be expected to return nearly 25% less than equal amounts of money poured into traditional pension plans.” Read the full column here.