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Health and Wealth Benefits Shouldn’t Be Communicated Separately

By Fred Barstein / 401(k) Plan Management, benefit education, benefits committee, Benefits integration, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, Employee Benefits, Employee engagement, Employer Contribution, Fiduciary Liability, Financial Wellness, Health & Wellness, investment

Health impacts finances. Finances impact health. It’s not a new insight, but a recent white paper from Milliman, a global actuarial and consulting firm, argues...

Four Ways Your Benefits Broker Can Strengthen Your 401(k) Strategy

By Fred Barstein / 401k plan, auto enroll, Auto Portability, Benchmarking & Monitoring Fees & Partners, benefit education, Benefits Broker 401(k) Strategy, Benefits integration, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, Employee engagement, erisa, Fiduciary, Financial Wellness, Financial Wellness, HR, Plan design, Retirement planning

For many companies, the 401(k) is one of the most valued benefits they offer. It’s also one of the least optimized. Plans are often selected...

Employee Champions: Turning Peer Trust Into Powerful Benefits Engagement

By Fred Barstein / benefit education, Benefits integration, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, DC plans, education, Employee Benefits, employee champions, Employee engagement, Employee feedback, financial wellness, Financial Wellness, participation, Peer to peer learning, Retirement Happiness, specialized team

Have you ever heard the term employee champions? At first glance, it may sound like a buzzword, but in practice it describes a powerful internal...

Creativity Drives Clarity in Advisor–Plan Sponsor Relationships

By Fred Barstein / 401(k) advisor trust, 401(k) Plan Management, 401k Advisor, Adaptability, Authenticity, Client connection, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, Employee Benefits, Financial Advisors, Financial Wellness, Financial Wellness, financial wellness programs, Gamification Retirement Planning, Retirement Advisory

Creativity is increasingly essential in the relationship between retirement plan advisors and plan sponsors because effective communication is no longer one-size-fits-all. Advisors who can translate...

When “Co-opetition” Becomes Co-option: Why Advisor Independence Still Matters

By Fred Barstein / Advisor Independence, Benchmarking & Monitoring Fees & Partners, Benchmarking Fees, Client connection, Co-opetition, Co-option, collaboration, Communication, competition, DC Plan Sponsors, Fiduciary, Financial Advisors, Financial Wellness, Independence planning, Investments, Recordkeeping, Retirement Committee

The relationship between retirement plan advisors and recordkeepers has always involved some natural tension. But as both sides expand into overlapping territory, plan sponsors need...

How Advisor Engagement Drives Higher Retirement Plan Participation

By Fred Barstein / 401(k) advisor trust, 401(k) Plan Management, 401k Advisor, Adaptability, benefit education, collaboration, Communication, DC plans, education, Employee Benefits, Employee happiness, Employee training, Fiduciary, Financial Wellness, participation, Plan Participation, Retirement Readiness, virtual learning, Virtual Meeting

Working with a retirement plan advisor to increase participation is one of the most effective ways to strengthen an organization’s benefits strategy and improve long-term...

Why Employee Education Requires More Than One Method

By Fred Barstein / benefit education, CEO Engagement, Client connection, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, DC plans, education, Education, Employee feedback, Employee training, Fiduciary, Financial Wellness, Retirement Readiness

Employee education requires more than one method because no single approach can effectively reach an entire workforce. Employees have different schedules, learning styles, comfort levels,...

The 3(21) vs. 3(38) Debate: Why Delegation Doesn’t Mean You’re Off the Hook

By Fred Barstein / 3(16) Plan Administrator, 401(k) advisor trust, 401(k) Managed Accounts, 401(k) Plan Management, Benchmarking & Monitoring Fees & Partners, benefit education, benefits committee, Client connection, collaboration, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, Distribution, Documents & testing, DOL, DOL Guidance, Fiduciary Liability, Financial Advisors, Financial Stress, investment, investment comittee, Retirement Committee, Retirement Plan Advisor Due Diligence

The promise sounds appealing: hire a fiduciary advisor, hand over investment decisions, and sleep better at night knowing someone else is handling the heavy lifting. ...

A Decade of Impact: Todd Barden and TPSU at Marquette University

By Fred Barstein / 401k Advisor, 401k plan, benefit education, Client connection, collaboration, Communication, Communication, DC Plan Sponsors, education, Fiduciary, financial wellness, Hybrid Advisors, Ideal Plan, Managed Accounts, Retirement Advisor Specialist, Retirement Advisory, Retirement Readiness, TPSU Adjunct Lecturer

At the end of a recent Fiduciary Education Program held on the campus of Marquette University, Fred Barstein, CEO and Founder of The Plan Sponsor...

Micro-Retirements Could Be Your Best Bet for Keeping Gen Z Talent

By Fred Barstein / 401(k) Managed Accounts, 401(k) Plan Management, benefits committee, Benefits integration, collaboration, DC Plan Sponsors, DC plans, Economy, Employee Benefits, Fiduciary, financial stress management, Financial Wellness, Financial Wellness, Gen Z, Health & Wellness, Micro-Retirements

Young workers aren’t waiting decades to take a break anymore. A growing number of Gen Z and millennial employees are planning what’s being called a...

Health and Wealth Benefits Shouldn’t Be Communicated Separately

Micro-Retirements Could Be Your Best Bet for Keeping Gen Z Talent

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