COVID19 Brief: IRS Notice on extensions of deadlines
The SPARK Institute, the leading voice in Washington for the retirement plan services industry, had written to Treasury and IRS on March 22 requesting that…
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SPARK Hosts Call on COVID19’s Impact on Retirement Plan Outsourcing
SPARK held a call on March 31st for member companies to discuss the impact that measures to address COVID 19 in the US, in India,…
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Plan and Prepare for Retirement, Start Now.
‘Retirement readiness’ refers to the state of being financially ready for retirement, and how much an individual is on target to meet his or her retirement-income goals, to maintain a comfortable standard of living.
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Make financial wellness programs more valuable to users, quantify benefits to employers: Report
Financial wellness “sounds like a greater good upon which we can all agree” but, in practice, “earning the buy-in and support for these programs is…
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Why financial literary and financial wellness matter
Even as the move to Defined Contribution (or ‘DC’) plans gains more and more traction across the US, the need for financial literacy and financial…
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Mobile and online capability essential for DC plan providers, millennials seek info from social media: Study
Retirement may be the last thing on the minds of millennials today. Many delay financial planning until it is absolutely required. This is also a…
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Behavior analysis can help improve retirement outcomes, says expert
The year 2019 could be the retirement industry’s year of looking forward and influencing better retirement outcomes for America, predicted Tim Rouse, Executive Director of…
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Multiple employer plans – the affordable workplace retirement plan option for small businesses
The Department of Labor recently announced a proposed rule that would expand access to multiple employer retirement plans for small businesses. In this podcast (3:36),…
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How to conduct an effective Scrum Meeting
Scrum is a popular framework for Agile software development. The Scrum model follows Sprint timelines (2 weeks to 4 weeks) to deliver software or product…
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