Understanding the Boomertirement Challenge and Opportunity
Providing solutions begins with understanding the issues and factors behind – and the opportunities presented by – the Baby Boomer retirement crisis.

Each day 8,000 people in the U.S. alone are waking up to their 60th birthday, and that’s a phenomenon that will continue every day for the next 14 years. And they are waking up to a world in which defined benefit pension terminations, longer life expectancy, decreased personal savings rates, potential shortfalls in government benefit programs and other factors could leave many with a fraction of the income they need for retirement.

In this section:

• Dr. Alan Greenspan Puts Retirement in Perspective
• EBRI Data: Boomers Not Preparing for Retirement