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Practice
Women in Investing: Strategies for Financial Empowerment
Mar 8, 2024 | ByFor The Bid podcast’s International Women’s Day episode, Gargi Pal Chaudhuri and Anne Ackerley sat down for a conversation about women and investing. -
Practice
Who benefits from guaranteed lifetime income - and how?
Feb 29, 2024 | ByBlackRock modelling shows that guaranteed lifetime income boosts savings for all workers and is an important tool to ensuring retirees successfully spend down their nest eggs and don’t outlive their savings. -
Practice
The Wellness Perk Companies Should Consider This Year (It’s not Kombucha)
Jan 22, 2024 | ByIt may be easy to imagine the financial well-being that guaranteed retirement income can bring in the future. But knowing you’ll have that spending money in the future could offer a serotonin boost now. -
Retirement insights
To spend or not to spend?
Dec 28, 2023 | ByInsight into how retirees think about spending and investing in retirement to better understand the motivations and biases driving asset spending numbers. -
Retirement insights
Rethinking the role of the Agg in retirement planning
Dec 10, 2023 | ByWe evaluated if a more finely-tuned approach to LifePath’s fixed income allocations could help achieve the objective of greater lifetime consumption over a participants’ lifecycle. Our research findings indicate the answer is yes. -
Retirement insights
Not slowing down: 30 years of LifePath® target date funds
Oct 24, 2023 | ByIn the 30 years since we pioneered target date funds, we’ve continually evolved our LifePath franchise to help deliver the retirement outcomes savers need. So when they retire, they can do so on their own terms. Whether that means slowing down – or not. -
Retirement insights
Retirement Advisor Summit: Breaking through the noise
Oct 18, 2023 | ByThe conversation around retirement today is a noisy one. Retirement advisors are bombarded with data and opinions. That's why they need an experienced retirement partner that breaks through the noise and makes solutions clear. -
Retirement insights
How should target date strategies hedge inflation?
Sep 13, 2023 | ByNew BlackRock research into human capital offers new insight into how and when target date funds need to help manage inflation. Learn about these strategies here. -
Retirement insights
Lack of Access Is a Crucial Factor to Preventing Retirement Savings
Sep 13, 2023 | ByWorkers earning less than average salary are not saving for retirement due to a lack of access – with those that have intuitive and automated tools saving more. -
Retirement insights
What to tell participants about tapping into their retirement savings
Sep 5, 2023 | ByWhat to tell participants about borrowing from their defined contribution plans during market volatility. -
Retirement insights
Participants will save, but need planning guidance
Aug 16, 2023 | ByResearch from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research showed that even with uncertainty, participants are still saving for retirement. -
Retirement insights
See the moment
Jul 25, 2023 | ByBlackRock’s Read on Retirement survey reveals that financial burnout is on the rise – and one to watch. Explore the insights to see what trends are shaping retirement and driving the drop in confidence. -
Retirement insights
Built for these times: LifePath® and inflation
Jun 30, 2023 | ByBlackRock aims to provide clarity on the driving forces of inflation today and demonstrate how LifePath target date funds are built can help address them. -
Retirement insights
How to optimize retirement income
Jun 21, 2023 | ByBlackRock worked with the Bipartisan Policy Center to lift the veil on how to optimize retirement income – and the role policymakers have to play in advancing financial security. -
Retirement insights
Retirement income for better outcomes
Jun 19, 2023 | ByWe believe helping deliver retirement income remains a critical element of an employer’s benefits package. Here are our core principles for meaningful in-plan retirement income offerings. -
Retirement insights
The five forces shaping U.S. retirement
Jun 15, 2023 | ByOur report identifies five trends that are shaping retirement and points to areas where we can convert challenges into opportunity – so that every American can enjoy the secure retirement they deserve. -
Retirement insights
The missing link: Adding emergency savings solutions to retirement plans
Jun 13, 2023 | ByNew in-plan emergency savings solutions are on the horizon. What have the past five years of research taught us about the connection between short-term and long-term financial security, and how can 401(k) plans benefit from lessons learned? -
Retirement insights
What’s impacting retirement readiness today
May 30, 2023 | ByNew findings from EBRI’s recently released 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey reveal what’s top of mind for American workers and retirees. We look at two key findings – alongside ways the industry is responding. -
Retirement insights
Women, retirement and what still needs to be done
Apr 29, 2023 | ByThe wage and wealth gap for women is well known, and the retirement savings gap is just as pronounced, especially since it spans across racial and income lines. Understanding the factors that perpetuate this gap could help lead to solutions. -
Retirement insights
Improving DC plans to serve participant behavior
Apr 26, 2023 | ByA framework from RISA alongside new research the organization conducted with BlackRock helps reveal how a combination of insurance and investments appeal to the preferences of a wide swath of retirement savers. -
Retirement insights
The retirement crisis is a women’s crisis
Apr 5, 2023 | ByIn a recent interview on BlackRock’s The Bid podcast, Anne Ackerley, Head of BlackRock’s Retirement Group, talked about women, saving and how the retirement industry can better serve future generations. -
Retirement insights
Lifting global growth by investing in women
Mar 28, 2023 | ByA report from BlackRock’s Long-Term Capitalism research initiative unearths new insights and demonstrates the impact that key investments in education and social support for women can have on economic output. -
Retirement insights
Four retirement trends for 2023
Feb 23, 2023 | ByWhile change often comes with uncertainty, BlackRock sees four key trends in the year ahead that may shape the retirement industry. Learn more. -
Retirement insights
The biggest takeaways from SECURE 2.0
Jan 31, 2023 | ByThe legislation expands retirement coverage and increases retirement savings, preserves income, and simplifies and clarifies retirement plan rules. Learn more. -
Retirement insights
Emergency Savings = Better Retirement?
Jul 1, 2022 | ByA financial emergency can undermine retirement savings. Helping participants to be more financially secure today can translate into more long-term savings.