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Retirement Planning: Most People Don’T Know How Nor Even Think About It, Knowledge@Smu
Retirement Planning: Most People Don’T Know How Nor Even Think About It, Knowledge@Smu
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Worldwide, individuals are being asked to make more of their own savings and investment decisions, especially for retirement. In the US and Europe, for example, company-managed pension plans are giving way to those where employees are in charge of their own retirement money. In Singapore too, the government is encouraging individuals to take a more active role in their own retirement planning. Research by Wharton insurance and risk management professor Olivia Mitchell and Singapore Management University finance professor Benedict Koh shows, however, that people are not well-equipped to handle such investment decisions.
Managing Retirement Risk In An Ageing World: The Global Picture, Knowledge@Smu
Managing Retirement Risk In An Ageing World: The Global Picture, Knowledge@Smu
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According to HSBC’s 2007 global retirement study, most retirees in their 60s and 70s are living healthy, happy and productive lives. However, as the world rapidly ages, most pre-retirees are surprisingly unconcerned about how they will cope in their retirement. In Part 1 of a 2-part article, Olivia Mitchell, Wharton professor of insurance and risk management, who is also a chaired professor at Singapore Management University, cautions that these people might be living with a false sense of security, and could face a rude awakening when it is too late to do anything about it.
How Can Employers Improve Defined Contribution Plans?, Knowledge@Smu
How Can Employers Improve Defined Contribution Plans?, Knowledge@Smu
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If 401(k)s and similar plans are the main way Americans invest for retirement, how can employers improve them? By making enrollment automatic, minimizing the use of the employer's stock, expanding the role of annuities and improving employees' financial knowledge, according to a set of recommendations issued by the Financial Economists Roundtable, a group of about 50 prominent economists, including several Wharton faculty members.