Alicia Munnell

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  IRS Withdrawal Calculation Offers Alternative to Standard 4%

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2012

  Here’s a news flash; the IRS offers a calculation that actually helps consumers. Who knew?

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  3 Ways to Combat Client Disengagement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2012

  Alicia Munnell recently argued asset allocation has a relatively minor role in retirement success. Tim Noonan isn’t buying it.

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  Asset Allocation Has ‘Minor’ Role in Retirement Planning

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  Financial advice tends to focus on how financial assets are allocated. But other levers may be more important for most households.

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  At FPA San Diego, Alicia Munnell Paints Bleak Retirement Picture

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 16, 2011

  Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, told attendees at the FPA Experience 2011: “We have a significant increase in retirement needs and a decrease in available retirement resources.”

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  Top 4 Risks for Baby Boomer Retirement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 25, 2011

  Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, wrote in Smart Money about the reasons retirement will be so much riskier for Baby Boomers than their parents and grandparents.

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  Olivia Mitchell, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans: Extended 2011 IA 25 Profile

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 28, 2011

  When you think of retirement research, two people immediately come to mind—Alicia Munnell, director of the CRR and Olivia Mitchell, whose titles and C.V. stretch a bit further.

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  FSI OneVoice 2011: Center for Retirement Research’s Munnell on Baby Boomers' State of Mind

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2011

  Alicia Munnell's message—the preparedness (or lack thereof) of baby boomers for retirement—was not new to her audience, but the statistics she provided and the tone of her presentation provided clarity for the challenges faced by the boomer generation.

• Social Security Trustees Report Holds Few Surprises

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  September 23, 2010

  There simply is "no silver bullet" to fix Social Security.

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  A scary perspective on Social Security

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2009

  For all the hype about Social Security's impending demise, it's nothing compared with your clients' 401(k)s. In a follow-up to last week's commentary on the...

• Really? "Major concerns" about boomer retirement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 2, 2009

  Yet another startling stat on impending boomer retirement implosion, but one worth noting nonetheless. When health care costs are included, the percentage of households 'at...