Empower Institute

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.

These insights point to five tangible steps employers can take to help boost women’s financial confidence.

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.

Americans report conflicting feelings about their financial health as spending and debt worries offset market, salary and employment gains.

How government employers are looking for a great response to “the Great Resignation”.

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.

Almost three-quarters (73%) of people of color say the concept of financial health needs a makeover.

Employees are clear that financial wellness is an important goal — one that they’d like to achieve.

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

Individuals associate a wide range of non-financial aspects with financial wellness.