Empower Institute - Retirement Planning

Empowering America’s Financial Journey (EAFJ) seeks to provide a comprehensive view of state and local government employees’ defined contribution savings behavior and retirement preparations.

Gen Zers are rapidly moving into the job market — and into their first retirement plans.

Retirement income solutions need to be customized to address the myriad of possible retirement scenarios.

Empower brought together four asset managers to share their insights on investment strategy in an inflationary environment.

In the wake of skyrocketing inflation and prolonged stock market volatility, Americans are watching their investment account balances shrink.

Empower conducted a research study to gauge how participants are feeling and reacting to so many concurrent economic issues.

Empowering America’s Financial Journey (EAFJ) seeks to provide a comprehensive view of state and local government employees’ defined contribution savings behavior and retirement preparations.

For most higher education institutions, the status quo isn’t a viable path forward, and action is needed.

Here are five ways to effectively communicate with employees.

New analysis of Empower Retirement data reveals that very few people take advantage of their plan’s self-directed brokerage window.

Empowering America’s Financial Journey carefully analyzes the behavior of approximately 4 million active defined contribution participants.

Based on this analysis, participants do not consider managed accounts to be substitutes for target date funds.