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Your Retirement Vision
How much do you need to save for retirement? This can be a difficult question to answer. It’s often an estimate based on a lot of unknowns. That doesn’t make it any less important. Where do you see yourself in retirement? Will your expenses be higher or lower than they are now? Are you planning…
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401(k) recordkeeping RFPs | 4 Questions to ask your future provider
According to research performed by the Callan Institute, 1 in 5 plan sponsors intend to conduct a recordkeeping search in 2019. So maybe you’re one of those plan sponsors that are thinking about a search this year? Maybe you see a search coming later down the road? Whatever the case may be, if you are…
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Retirement is a journey, not a destination
You have likely been saving, investing, and planning for retirement for years, if not decades. Having a workable and flexible financial plan is essential as you approach the end of your working career. But retirement readiness also includes non-financial planning or life planning. What are you going to do once you reach your goal? Retirement…
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How Do You Measure Up to the Competition? Plan Benchmarking.
Why should I benchmark my plan? As an organization that must compete for employees in today’s marketplace, you want to know how your benefits measure up to the competition. You want to ensure that it gives participants a chance of successfully achieving a good retirement. And as a fiduciary, you want to confirm that your…
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5 Ways to Cut your Healthcare Costs
Healthcare costs are a growing concern across the United States. But are you evaluating all of the ways to pocket just a little extra money and trim down some of your expenses? Below you’ll find 5 strategies you can try to make healthcare costs seem less daunting. Use in-network providers when possible An in-network provider…
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How Successful Plan Sponsors Address Basic Responsibilities and Standards
Basic Fiduciary Responsibilities and Standards Prudence and Process – the Two Pr’s The ERISA application of fiduciary duty and prudence is much more stringent than the common law understanding. An ERISA fiduciary must act as a prudent expert in his or her applicable area of discretion over the plan – using the care, skill, prudence,…
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How Successful Plan Sponsors Identify Plan’s Fiduciaries
Identifying Your Plan’s Fiduciaries The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has a clear set of responsibilities and duties for those individuals and entities who act as plan fiduciaries. It is important that plan sponsors and fiduciaries take these requirements seriously and understand their own responsibilities as well as those of the other…
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Fee Benchmarking for Retirement Plans Made Easy
A topic that we get asked about a lot is how to understand the true cost of a retirement plan, and then how to compare that cost to the market. This is not just a “nice to know” kind of thing; it is fundamental to the role of a plan fiduciary under ERISA. Why should…
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Investment Options for Your HSA
What is the #1 barrier to early retirement for many? Healthcare! Health insurance is the main reason folks aren’t retiring as early as they otherwise would like to. While there are plenty of healthcare options (albeit pricey ones) for those on the brink of retirement, what can those that are 10+ years out do now…
