Retirement Insights
Retirement Outlook 2025
In this piece, we discuss key considerations for retirement plan sponsors in 2025, including where markets may be headed, participant expectations versus retirement realities, trends in regulation, legislation and litigation, the implications of living longer and the road forward for defined benefit plans.
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Retirement Insights
As an active investment manager, MFS is dedicated to delivering timely and valuable insights and tools to investment professionals on a range of fundamental retirement topics. Whether the subject is the dynamics of target date funds, ESG integration factors or the intricacies of the ever changing macro and regulatory environment, we aim to empower you with the insights you may need to help your clients and employees make well informed retirement decisions.
Retirement at a Glance2025 DC Retirement at a Glance
June 3, 2025Stay up to date on capital markets and the retirement industry with our quick insights and information.
Retirement InsightRetirement Plan Investment Vehicles: The Growing Use of CITs
March 4, 2025This paper discusses investment vehicle selection in DC plans with particular focus on the growing use of collective investment trusts (CITs) and highlights some of the important decisions plan sponsors should consider when implementing a CIT.
Retirement InsightRetirement Outlook 2025
February 24, 2025In this piece, we discuss key considerations for retirement plan sponsors in 2025, including where markets may be headed, participant expectations versus retirement realities, trends in regulation, legislation and litigation, the implications of living longer and the road forward for defined benefit plans.
Retirement InsightThe Retirement Income Dilemma
October 4, 2024Retirement income is top of mind for many plan sponsors these days. In this paper, explore what MFS is solving for and what have we have learned so far.
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Research Insights
Research Insights
The Road to Better Outcomes. Annually, MFS gathers global insights from 4,000+ defined contribution retirement plan members in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia to understand their retirement concerns and challenges. Explore our latest findings with insights on retirement confidence, target date funds, ESG and much more.
Retirement Insight2024 Global Retirement Survey Results: The Road to Better Outcomes
June 6, 2025Explore the latest findings from our annual survey of workplace defined contribution (DC) retirement plan participants and retirees. The survey results identified trends among participants in terms of their concerns and retirement readiness, along with their behavior and investment selection, and finally a comparison of participants' expectations of retirement with retirees' actual experiences.Retirement Insight2024 MFS DC Plan Sponsor Survey: Investment Menu and Plan Design Changes
April 15, 2025Jeri Savage and Kristen Colvin discuss key survey findings on QDIAs, capital preservation options and investment menu changes, highlighting trends shaping DC plan design.Retirement Insight2024 MFS DC Plan Sponsor Survey: Retirement Income
April 15, 2025Retirement Income - what's the solution? Jeri Savage and Kristen Colvin explore how plan sponsors are thinking about in-plan retirement income solutions and what steps they’re taking to support participant’s long-term financial security.Retirement Insight2024 MFS DC Plan Sponsor Survey: Sponsor Confidence
April 14, 2025How confident are plan sponsors in their participants' retirement readiness? Jeri Savage and Kristen Colvin dive into the survey findings, revealing sponsor priorities, to concerns, and what’s keeping them up at night.Retirement Insight2024 MFS DC Plan Sponsor Survey
April 2, 2025Jeri Savage and Kristen Colvin break down three key themes from the MFS' 2024 MFS DC Plan Sponsor Survey and introduce a new proprietary confidence score indicator designed to measure plan sponsor confidence in participant retirement readiness.
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Retirement Insights
As an active investment manager, MFS is dedicated to delivering timely and valuable insights and tools to investment professionals on a range of fundamental retirement topics. Whether the subject is the dynamics of target date funds, ESG integration factors or the intricacies of the ever changing macro and regulatory environment, we aim to empower you with the insights you may need to help your clients and employees make well informed retirement decisions.
2025 DC Retirement at a Glance
Stay up to date on capital markets and the retirement industry with our quick insights and information.
Retirement Plan Investment Vehicles: The Growing Use of CITs
This paper discusses investment vehicle selection in DC plans with particular focus on the growing use of collective investment trusts (CITs) and highlights some of the important decisions plan sponsors should consider when implementing a CIT.
Retirement Outlook 2025
In this piece, we discuss key considerations for retirement plan sponsors in 2025, including where markets may be headed, participant expectations versus retirement realities, trends in regulation, legislation and litigation, the implications of living longer and the road forward for defined benefit plans.
The Retirement Income Dilemma
Retirement income is top of mind for many plan sponsors these days. In this paper, explore what MFS is solving for and what have we have learned so far.
Research Insights
The Road to Better Outcomes. Annually, MFS gathers global insights from 4,000+ defined contribution retirement plan members in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia to understand their retirement concerns and challenges. Explore our latest findings with insights on retirement confidence, target date funds, ESG and much more.