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Magazine Extra: 7 Questions to Ask Before Rebooting Your Financial Wellness Plan

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22 Jun 202307 Sep 2023

Benefits Magazine Extras articles provide you with bonus content on a mix of benefits topics as well as deep dives and analysis on the latest benefit trends and compliance issues. Visit ifebp.org/benefitsmagazine to see the latest Magazine Extra as well as the bimonthly print […]

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That’s the Way Financial Caregiving Goes

Stacy Van Alstyne, CEBS

06 Jun 202306 Jun 2023

One of my good friends recently asked me to go to a Janet Jackson concert with her. I weighed the thrill of dancing along with Janet to the memorized choreography of “Miss You Much” versus a good night’s sleep. A good night’s […]

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Q&A’s for National Financial Capability Month

Anne Patterson

25 Apr 202325 Apr 2023

For the past several years, the International Foundation has strategically focused on the topic of financial well-being, including how employers can provide financial education to their workers—the goal being, of course, to help ensure the financial and retirement security of workers and […]

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Money Savvy Kids: How Plan Sponsors Can Help Build Financial Capability for Families

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

04 Apr 202304 Apr 2023

April is National Financial Capability Month in the U.S., which represents an opportunity for employers and plan sponsors to help their employees and plan participants boost their money skills. One audience, however, that employers may not typically consider for financial education is […]

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Embracing Financial Literacy Month

Tim Hennessy

15 Nov 202217 Feb 2023

November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada. Multiple organizations are working to educate Canadians about the programs, services and tools available to strengthen financial knowledge, skills and confidence.

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Workers Are Stressed Out About Money: 5 Tools to Help

Cara McMullin

02 Aug 202217 Feb 2023

The uncertain financial world of today is increasing the concerns of an already stressed workforce. A new International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plan study, Workplace Wellness and Financial Education Programs: 2022 Survey Results, indicated that the personal factor most impacted by financial […]

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Should You Invest in Cryptocurrency?

Alyssa Hodder

05 Nov 202105 Nov 2021

What are the risks and rewards of investing in cryptocurrency? A recent International Foundation webcast featuring Giles Anderson, director, sales and relationship management with Fidelity, and Philipp Meyer-Brauns, head of investment solutions analytics and vice president with Dimensional, explored some of the […]

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Eight Financial Wellness Strategies for Reaching the Financially Vulnerable

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

20 Sep 202117 Feb 2023

Financial wellness programs have gained prominence as an employee benefit and can be effective in reducing financial stress among workers. But it’s not always that easy to get employees to use them. That’s particularly true among populations that have a greater incidence […]

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Financial Well-Being of Underrepresented Women

Anne Patterson

26 Mar 202125 Mar 2021

The Talking Benefits team couldn’t let Women’s History Month end without sneaking in one more episode for you. For the past several years, the International Foundation has strategically focused on the topic of financial wellness and how employers can provide financial education […]

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Debt-ridden, Stressed, Distracted—Helping Employees With Financial Education

Neil Mrkvicka

07 Apr 2016

Many employees face more personal financial challenges today than five years ago, with credit card and other debt and trouble saving for retirement being their most common challenges, according to our latest Financial Education for Today’s Workforce: 2016 Survey Results. The […]