Part one of our interview with Professor of Economics Teresa Ghilarducci, on the topic of her new book “Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy,” is here. Q. Teresa, I’d like to ask a few questions about making defined contribution plans fit for purpose. A. One of my most downloaded papers for about 15 years was a paper that asked if 401(k) plans could be more like DB plans and solve our retirement crisis. I was earnestly, in my 30s, …
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More than one quarter of older American workers earning higher wages — above $137,700 — have nothing but Social Security to rely on in retirement. And nearly half of all families have no retirement savings at …
October 12, 2021 It’s been a long time in coming, but many of the world’s largest asset managers, forward-thinking family offices, and individual investors are developing and implementing sustainable investment strategies that seek to couple competitive …
Leaders of private equity and venture capital firms increasingly see a need for marketing. A large majority say, when surveyed, that having a strong brand is important for their firm. This is particularly true in today’s …
Every week seems to bring the announcement of another accelerator for financial technology startups. But I was particularly interested to read that French software company Dassault Systemes will sponsor a FinTech accelerator in London later this year. …
Named for the famed Italian explorer who also lent his name to two continents, Amerigo Capital Analytics is a French start-up developing analytic tools and models to help institutional investors understand and evaluate US mortgage real-estate …
Capital Market Exchange (CMX) was founded in 2010, in the wake of the financial crisis. CMX provides fixed income credit analysts, portfolio managers, and bond traders with predictive analytics and sentiment analysis – that is, a …