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Giving Retirement Plan or Life Insurance Giving Retirement Plan or Life Insurance To name HBS as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy, contact the... View Details

June 2007 (Revised January 2008)
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The Vanguard Group, Inc. in 2006 and Target Retirement Funds

By: Luis M. Viceira

The Vanguard Group is one of the largest asset managers in the U.S., with over $1 trillion in assets, ninety percent of which are mutual fund assets, and more than 12,000 employees at year-end 2006. Vanguard has built a strong reputation as the manager of reference for... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Personal Finance; Brands and Branding; Retirement; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Educators

Purchase

01 May 2024
News

Working Past 65 Redefines Portfolios and Retirement

20 Nov 2018
News

Seven Strategies for Maintaining a Sense of Self in Retirement

12 Jun 2017
News

Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO

Longtime GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) announced his retirement Monday, set to take effect on August 1. John Flannery, president and chief executive of GE Healthcare, was named Immelt’s successor. The announcement, the company noted, came... View Details

February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
Teaching Note

Golden Gate Bank Retirement Fund, Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Investment Funds

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02 Dec 2009
News

Q&A; with retiring HBS Dean Jay Light

06 Apr 2011
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Harvard helps retired leaders find new purpose

09 Feb 2016
News

How and Why Businesses Should Teach Retirement

2008
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The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement savings outcomes. After outlining the salient features of the various sources of retirement income in the U.S., the paper presents the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement... View Details