Retirement Research Content

Critics of the current retirement system often claim that Americans have insufficient income in retirement and that the system’s voluntary component is failing, leaving retirees too reliant on Social Security. 1 While these assertions are used to justify proposals to overhaul employer...

May 23, ICI published its 2023 Investment Company Fact Book ahead of its Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. Since 1960, the Fact Book, a compendium of the research and analysis conducted by the Institute over the previous year, has served as an important resource for the investment...

US households felt the sting of high inflation in 2022. Sharp increases in consumer prices led to surging interest rates and a stock market downturn, driving steep losses in many investment accounts. This challenging environment generated financial headwinds to households of all...