BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has called for the government and private sector to coordinate to ensure Americans have enough money to retire

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has called for the government and private sector to coordinate to ensure Americans have enough money to retire.


The "LifePath Paycheck" will launch in April, with 14 retirement plan sponsors aiming to make it available for 500,000 employees in defined contribution plans. "America needs an organized, high-level effort to ensure that future generations can live out their final years with dignity,"

Fink said in his annual letter to investors. BlackRock, which had over $10 trillion in total assets under management at the end of last year, oversees the largest retirement funds in the U.S. Fink said data from the U.S. Census Bureau's survey of consumer finances in 2022 showed nearly half of Americans aged 55 to 65 reported not having a single dollar saved in personal retirement accounts.

"Put simply, the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution has been, for most people, a shift from financial certainty to financial uncertainty," he added. Fink also addressed climate transition as a major economic trend with a focus on "energy security" and said net-zero remains a top investment priority for most BlackRock clients. Climate awareness and investor interest in sustainable business practices have surged in recent years, forcing money managers to factor in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies as impact-investing gains momentum.

"I started writing about the transition in 2020. Since then, the issue has become more contentious in the U.S," he said. BlackRock's ESG policies continue to be a topic of discord, particularly in Republican states. Earlier this month, a Texas school fund terminated its contract with BlackRock to manage around $8.5 billion of state money, accusing the company of boycotting fossil fuel energy producers. BlackRock had urged the fund's administrator to reconsider.

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