How financially prepared are people across the world for retirement? Are they saving enough to meet their retirement goals? And what role should individuals, employers and governments play? The fourth annual Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey, we seek to address these questions and many more.

The third annual Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey questioned over 16,000 people in 15 countries – including Brazil, India and Turkey for the first time. The report finds that despite improving economic sentiment, people have clear concerns about their retirement. They do not feel sufficiently prepared and, worryingly, they are not acting on it.

In 2013, GCOA set out to investigate the effects of travel on the healthy aging process and uncover how individuals are preparing to make their travel dreams a reality. The second piece of this two-part project is a survey report created in partnership with the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. The report reveals that although Americans…

The second annual Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey paints a picture of continued un-readiness when it comes to retirement planning. Despite increasing numbers of retirees, longer life expectancies and decreasing work age populations, all countries represented in the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey showed a decline in readiness compared with 2012.

This 2013 report is based on findings from the second annual Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey, which analyzed multi-year trends and assesses the retirement expectations of 11,000 workers in 12 countries spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. This report finds that the aspiration to save for retirement remains surprisingly strong for employees in their twenties. As…