Longevity in the age of Twitter

Laurence D Fink | BlackRock | 08 July 2013

In this talk given to NYU students, Larry Fink - chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the firm he co-founded in 1988 - paints an interesting picture of the trends, challenges and issues resulting from retirement funding. He makes some fascinating points, not just about the current issues, but also about some looming in the future.

We all know the crux of the problem - we're living much longer and we'll be much healthier through our retirements than past generations. Overlay the general ...