Products November 21, 2011

MassMutual Launches RetireSmart TV

MassMutual Retirement Services launched RetireSmart TV, a series of online videos covering a range of financial topics, featuring Farnoosh Torabi.
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The first ten videos, each approximately two minutes in length, feature Farnoosh Torabi, an independent Gen Y money coach, author and personal finance journalist, having conversations with Americans at different stages in life.  Topics include:

  • Keeping tabs on credit  
  • Staying on track to reach retirement goals  
  • Assessing their current retirement strategy  
  • Getting an early start to saving for retirement  
  • Ways to pay for college  
  • Envisioning their retirement future and important lifestyle considerations  
  • Getting help with retirement planning  
  • Affording health care  
  • Reaching their retirement goal  
  • Understanding mutual funds 

“We look forward to integrating RetireSmart TV into our on-site educational meetings to show that our participants, along with most Americans, are all in the same boat when it comes to understanding these complex topics, and that MassMutual is here to help them prepare for a strong financial future,” says Hugh O’Toole, senior vice president of sales and client management for MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division.  

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The RetireSmart TV videos can be accessed by visiting www.retiresmart.com, www.facebook.com/retiresmart, www.massmutual.com/financetips or the MassMutual YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/MassMutual.  

Products November 21, 2011

Revised Handbook Released for Multiemployer Plan Sponsors

A revised handbook for multiemployer plan trustees and administrators has been released from the The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
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“The Trustee Handbook: A Guide to Labor-Management Employee Benefit Plans, Seventh Edition,” is for multiemployer plan trustees and administrators who want guidance in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities. The book is a guide for professional providers who work with multiemployer plans. More than 40 industry experts contributed to the revised handbook.

Topics covered include:

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•  Fiduciary responsibility under ERISA
•  Health care benefits
•  Retirement benefits
•  Investment management
•  Administration
•  Apprenticeship and training programs

The handbook has been revised and updated to include essential fiduciary information without the legalese, said the foundation. It includes tips and checklists, sample materials and short summaries of important legal decisions concerning the management of pension, and health and welfare benefit plans. Purchasers have access to a website that will provide updates as new issues appear and changes occur.

The book is priced at $87 ($65 for Foundation members), and is available at www.ifebp.org/trusteehandbook.

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