When it comes to preparing financially for retirement, Jessica Howard is wise beyond her years. “I absolutely am planning,” said Howard, 27, a Los Angeles-based care manager who schedules medical appointments and home health care…

  Recent concerns over the banking sector seem to have eased, but have raised uncertainties around the availability of credit and the path of interest rates. Aviva Investors’ Head of Multi-Asset Funds, Sunil Krishnan, assesses…

America’s 65 million Generation Xers (born between 1965 and 1980) are confronted with a new set of financial challenges that are redefining their plans for retirement, just as they enter their final working years, according…

In the past six months, France has seen an uproar of aggravated workers who have taken to the streets to protest the government’s new pension reform. In April, France’s Constitutional Council, which plays a similar…

In the roughly 250 years since the Industrial Revolution the world’s population, like its wealth, has exploded. Before the end of this century, however, the number of people on the planet could shrink for the…

  الحكومة والنقابات متفقتان على أولوية التدخل العاجل لإصلاح منظومة التقاعد مع إعطاء الأولوية للصندوق المغربي للتقاعد الرباط– تواجه منظومة التقاعد بالمغرب اختلالات بنيوية أصابت احتياطات صناديقه بالعجز، فيما تعالت تحذيرات هيئات رسمية ومدنية للتدخل…

The startling and swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, along with crypto-friendly Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank, shocked industries and investors on a national and global scale. Even as the U.S. Treasury steps in to…

Focusing investors on what they can control –how much and how consistently they save, and maintaining a well-diversified asset allocation– is key to a successful savings goal. And it’s NOT about timing your entry and…

While trade unions are mobilising in France to defend retirement at 62, throughout the European Union, men and women are working beyond the age of 65 or even 75. Who are they? The official statistics…

As perceptions of retirement shift across the world, in line with emerging technology and reforms to legislation, the industry needs to keep up and remain one step ahead. At Smart, we’re continuing to lead the…