NIRS Holds 10th Annual Retirement Policy Conference: Live Webcast on 2.26.19
…retirement plan sponsors and service providers, and trade associations among others. More information is available at http://www.nirsonline.org. Contact: Kelly Kenneally | 202.256.1445 m; 202.457.8190 o | kkenneally@nirsonline.org @NIRSonline ### …
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New Research Finds Growing Financial Asset Inequality
…2019 – A new research brief finds that financial asset inequality among Americans continues to increase, and the inequality is consistent across generations. This wealth inequality, combined with dangerously low…
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Americans Face Alarming Retirement Savings Shortfall, According to National Institute on Retirement Security Testimony Before U.S. Senate Committee
…Benefit Pension Plans for Workers?” Read Doonan’s oral remarks delivered to the HELP Committee. Read Doonan’s written testimony submitted to the HELP Committee. In his testimony, Doonan detailed the scope…
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New Report Details How U.S. Public Pension Plan Investment Strategies Have Adapted to Meet Changing Market Conditions
…Their Investments Amid Changing Markets. The report is authored by Tyler Bond, Research Director at NIRS; Katie Comstock, Partner and Head of Public Sector Solutions at Aon; and John Sullivan,…
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New Report Finds Nation’s Retirement Crisis Persists Despite Economic Recovery
…employee contributions for a time pushing total contributions below 2008 levels. Since then, the combined value of 401(k)-type accounts and IRAs reached $16.9 trillion by the end of 2017. Unfortunately,…
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Study Finds Changes to Rhode Island Public Employee Retirement Benefits Are Contributing to Employee Attrition
…years of service as compared to the previous four actuarial studies. Moreover, the most recent actuarial study projects only 31 of 100 new hires would remain employed in Rhode Island…
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87 Percent of Kentuckians Worried About K-12 Public School Staff Shortages
…the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), Kentuckians’ Views of K-12 Public School Personnel, Compensation and Salary. Read the research here. “The good news is that in recent years, Kentucky…
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72 Percent of Floridians Worried About K-12 Public School Staff Shortages
…the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), Floridians’ Views of K-12 Public School Personnel,Compensation and Salary. Read the research here. “The good news is that Florida lawmakers have taken steps…
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New Report Details Long History of Public Support for Social Security
…would expect to see sharp increases in elder poverty.” “The policy debate about resolving Social Security’s financing gap is likely to intensify in the coming years as the trust fund…
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