Tag: financial wellness

A new TIAA survey suggests Americans who are concerned about their parents’ financial security are more likely to feel stress about their own retirement preparedness.

AdvisorConnect is a support network of plan sponsor-approved, registered financial professionals who specialize in the public-sector retirement space and has been designed as a value-add to plan participants seeking customized financial solutions.

Pentegra Millennial SmartPath is a report detailing best practices and strategies for Millennials to help improve retirement readiness and overall financial wellness.

Asked what benefits support their well-being, 74% said retirement plans, 56% said life insurance, 35% said tuition reimbursement/student loan repayment programs, and 29% said financial education.

MapMyFinances also offers guidance to help people achieve their financial goals.

Gradifi, a provider of student loan and college savings employee benefits, will offer EVERFI’s interactive financial wellness content and tools.

Almost all of those with high fragility are prioritizing being able to afford everyday bills, while those with low fragility are prioritizing saving for the future, including for retirement, according to a Society of Actuaries report.

Principal Flash Briefing, the firm’s financial wellness platform, relies on Alexa.

Fifty-two percent of late Boomers say college debt is a major impediment to meeting their financial goals, while 38% of early Millennials and 32% of later Millennials say the same.

Cerulli also sees opportunities for advisers in the 403(b), defined benefit (DB), and financial wellness markets.

This year, the Practice Development column in PLANADVISER print explored various ways retirement plan advisers can expand their practices beyond 401(k)s, with the goals of adding new revenue streams, better serving participants and solidifying client relationships.

The 2018 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey finds that 403(b) plan sponsors offer more formal financial education/guidance on a variety of topics than the overall 4,000 defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors surveyed.

Prudential Financial looked at the financial health of Asians, Blacks, caregivers, Latinos, LGBTQ Americans and women.

Findings in a Buck survey demonstrate that a failure to creatively invest in employee wellness can result in many adverse consequences for the success and sustainability of a business.

To make sure employees’ investment are diversified, Marc McDonough, with Schwab Workplace Financial Solutions, suggests employees should be offered a financial wellness program to help them understand a range of financial issues, including how much of their net worth is tied to equity compensation and how to properly balance their overall portfolio.

The majority of respondents to a Cuna Mutual Group survey feel positive about their prospects for upward wealth mobility; on the other hand, a quarter say they have no emergency savings.

Fifty-five percent of Baby Boomers say they would save more for retirement if they could pay off their debt, GOBankingRates found in a survey.

The program rounds up debit card purchases and checking account transactions to the nearest dollar and stores the change in employees’ Cookie Jar savings accounts.