Partner Resources October 2024 - February 2025

AARP

Survey Finds Wide Support for Raising Taxes to Stabilize Social Security

Biggest Social Security Changes for 2025

Social Security COLA Set at 2.5% for 2025

ACLI

House Bill Would Help More Americans Access Annuities for a Secure Retirement

New Financial Resilience Index Finds Cost Pressures Easing but Still Weighing on American Middle Class

New Research Shows Full or Partial Annuitization Leads to Better Retirement Income Outcomes than 4% Rule

Alliance for Lifetime Income

The U.S. Has Reached the Peak of Peak 65® It’s Time to Apply Retirement Readiness Lessons from the Boomer Experience

Spending Savings in Retirement is Keeping Americans Up at Night

America Saves

Navigating Financial Guidance Online: What Savers Need to Know

Saving Strategies for Every Stage of Life

Financial Considerations for Major Life Events

American Academy of Actuaries

Retirement Report, Fall 2024

American Action Forum

CBO Analyzes Policy to Raise Social Security’s Retirement Age

Effective Social Security Reforms

American College of Financial Services

How Professional Credentials Connect to Financial Literacy

Ambassadors Share Retirement Planning Insights at FinServe Summit

American Enterprise Institute

Social Security and Medicare Need New Autopilot Settings

Better Measurement of Income of the Elderly and Its Broader Implications

Putting Social Security COLAs in Context

American Investment Council

The U.S. Has Reached the Peak of Peak 65: It’s Time to Apply Retirement Readiness Lessons from the Boomer Experience

American Retirement Association

What the Election Means for Retirement Plan Policy: Preston Rutledge and DC Pension Geeks

Implementation of WEP/GPO Repeal Could Take a Year: SSA

Athene

Athene President: Retirement Industry Poised to See Decades of Consecutive Growth Potential

Ascensus

Washington Pulse: IRS Releases Interim Guidance on Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments

Washington Pulse: IRS Releases Guidance for LTPT Employees of ERISA 403(b) Plans

Aspen Institute Financial Security Program

8 Priorities (and 4 Big Questions) for Making America’s Retirement Savings System Work for Everybody

From Rent to Riches? A Profile on the Wealth and Financial Well-Being of Renter Households

Bipartisan Policy Center

The Retirement Plan Access Gap

The Effect of Immigration on Social Security’s Finances

Social Security Inflation Adjustment Offers Stability for Current Beneficiaries but Urgent Bipartisan Action Still Needed

Black Economic Alliance

Center for Black Entrepreneurship and Black Wealth Data Center Launch New Research and Data Partnership to Amplify the Impact of Black Business in the U.S.

BlackRock

Annuity Owners Value the Benefits of Lifetime Income

Brookings Institution

Immigration and the Future of Social Security

Low-Income Workers Experience – By Far – the Most Earnings and Work Hours Instability

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

How Might COVID-19 Affect Future Employment, Earnings, and OASI Claiming?

State Auto-IRA Savings Could Affect Medicaid Eligibility

Racial Inequities Carry Over from Work to Retirement

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Improving Social Security to Reduce Elderly Poverty

Social Security Lifts More People Above the Poverty Line Than Any Other Program

Chime

Chime Scholars Foundation Application

How To Open a Roth IRA in 5 Steps

How to Plan for Retirement in Your 20s and 30s to Maximize Savings

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

More than 4/5 of Spending Growth Will Come from Social Security, Health, & Interest

What Would the Trump Campaign Plans Mean for Social Security?

Commonwealth

Workplace Benefits: Employers’ Role in Mitigating the Financial Impacts of Climate Change on Worker Financial Security

Financial Security First: The Case for Plan Advisers to Integrate SECURE 2.0 Emergency Savings Solutions

Concord Coalition

Social Security Fairness Act Ignores the Real Injustice

Consumer Federation of America

CFA Statement in Response to Congressional Review Act to Overturn CFPB’s Overdraft Lending Final Rule

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Use of Buy Now, Pay Later and Other Unsecured Debt

DailyPay

Early Paycheck Requests: Earned Wage Access Provides Early Paycheck Access

DCIIA Retirement Research Center

Blind Spots: What Can Today’s Retirees’ Experiences Teach Future Generations?

What Insights Do Our Employee Focus Groups Provide About Financial Wellness?

Earn to Learn

Earn to Learn Launches New Financial Counseling Services

Economic Innovation Group

Who’s Left Out of America’s Retirement Savings System?

Employee Benefit Research Institute

Retirement Plan Participation and the Current Population Survey: The Impact of the Retirement Account Questions, 2018–2023

ERISA at 50: No Midlife Crisis for ERISA Preemption

2024 Spending in Retirement Survey

ERISA Industry Committee

ERIC and Employer Coalition Urge Court to Uphold Decision Preserving Integrity of ERISA

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Agencies Announce Second Public Outreach Meeting as Part of Their Review of Regulations

Federal Housing Finance Agency

No Fear Act Data – First Quarter 2025

Federal Reserve Board

Financial Stability Report

Shedding Light on Survey Accuracy – A Comparison Between SHED and Census Bureau Survey Results

Federal Trade Commission

Andrew N. Ferguson Takes Over as FTC Chairman

FINRA Investor Education Foundation

You Know More Than You Think: Unrealized Knowledge in “Don’t Know” Responses to Financial Knowledge Questions

Greenwald Research

Optimizing Thought Leadership Programs

Groom Law Group

DOL Muddies the Water with Escheatment Guidance for Retirement Plans

Guideline

401(k) and IRA Contribution Limits in 2025: What’s New This Year

Internal Revenue Service

Fiscal Year Return Projections for the United States: 2024 – 2031

Intuit

Beyond the Budget: How Younger Generations Are Easing Stress with Financial Wellness Habits

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Rural Divide: Small Business Revenue Milestones in the U.S.

Milliman

2024 Public Pension Funding Study

National Academy of Social Insurance

Social Security at 90: A Bipartisan Roadmap for the Program’s Future

National Institute on Retirement Security

Social Security’s First 90 Years: A History of Bipartisan and Intergenerational Support

Social Security at 90: A Bipartisan Roadmap for the Program’s Future

National Endowment for Financial Education

Prospect for an Economically Thriving Native Nation Seven Generations Out

Paychex

Five Reasons Small Business Owners Should Establish a New 401(k) Plan

Pinpoint Policy Institute

New Pinpoint Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Expanding Investment Options in 401(k) Plans

Progressive Policy Institute

Building Opportunity and Financial Capability with Child Opportunity Accounts

Prudential

Financial Strategies in a Time of Change

SaverLife

Fintech For Good

SecureSave

Bridging the Generational Gap: How Employers Can Customize Financial Wellness for All Ages

Small Business Majority

Small Businesses Benefit from Targeted Grant and Loan Programs, Support Their Continued Existence

Social Security Administration

Retirement Benefits

Stanford Center on Longevity

The Futures Project: Reimagining the Future for Prosperity Across the Life Course

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Millions of Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Retirement Goals

Auto-IRAs Promote Secure Retirements

State Automated Retirement Programs Don’t Crowd Out Private Plans

Third Way

Veteran-Owned Small Business Insights

TIAA

Safeguarding Retirement in the Age of Scams

Enhancing Financial Wellness: How Employers Can Drive Community Financial Wellbeing

UnidosUS

Implementing Financial Coaching: Successes, Challenges, and Scalability

Prosperity for All: A Latino Policy Resource for the 119th Congress

Urban Institute

Measuring the True Cost of Economic Security

Modeling the Impact of a Federal Baby Bonds Program

Does the SECURE 2.0 Act Improve Equity in Workers’ Access to Retirement Accounts?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Employment Situation – January 2025

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

State of American Business 2025: All Business is Local

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Customer Advisory: Avoiding Fraud May be Your Best Resolution

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Organic Situation Report, 2025 Edition

U.S. Department of Defense

New Year, New Finance Goals

U.S. Department of Labor

How to Improve Women’s Retirement Security in 2025

U.S. Department of the Treasury

How Does the Well-Being of Young Adults Compare to Their Parents’?

U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Financial Literacy Update: First Quarter 2025

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey 2024

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Chairman Rick Scott, Sen. Tina Smith Introduce Bill to Address Senior Loneliness

U.S. Small Business Administration

The Eye of the Storm: Small Businesses and Natural Disasters

Vestwell

Vestwell at WEF 2025: Redefining Savings for the Intelligent Age