• August 1, 2017
Public employees with retirement plan choice overwhelmingly choose defined benefit pension plans over defined contribution 401(k)-type individual accounts.
• July 3, 2017
A new nationwide public opinion research report finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans – 86 percent – believe the nation faces a retirement crisis.
• March 1, 2017
A new study finds that 72 percent of Coloradans believe that economic conditions are impacting their ability to achieve a secure retirement.
• February 1, 2017
A new research report finds that across party lines, Americans are deeply worried about their economic security in retirement.
• September 1, 2016
This report provides the national economic impacts of public and private pension plans, as well as the impact of state and local plans on a state-by-state basis.
• July 1, 2016
This report finds that nearly all state retirement systems have features that allow for preservation of retirement income benefits, even for those employees who decide to change jobs.
• March 1, 2016
A new analysis finds that women are far more likely than men to face financial hardship in retirement. Women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older.
• March 1, 2015
A new research report calculates that the U.S. retirement savings crisis continues to worsen, and that the typical working household still has virtually no retirement savings.
• December 14, 2014
New research finds that pension plans are a far more cost-efficient means of providing retirement income as compared to individual defined contribution accounts.