Viewpoints about Financial stress
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How financial professionals can help reduce financial stress
Our annual financial stress survey shows that retirement plan participants who work with a financial professional are less burdened by financial worries and more likely to have a plan for retirement. When you take steps to alleviate your employees’ financial stress, you’re not only helping them make progress toward better financial health, you’re also boosting your business’s bottom line.
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Six ways to help reduce financial stress
Economic conditions change, but the basics of financial health do not. Use these strategies with your retirement plan participants to help them reduce their financial stress while they save for retirement.
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Financial wellness programs can help increase employee loyalty and reduce stress
Even before 2020 became a four-letter word, financial stress was on the rise among Americans—and the pandemic has made it worse. In our latest financial stress survey, we learned how employees feel about financial programs and the types of help they’d like from their employers.
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Lowering the cost of financial stress to employers and its impact on workers
For seven years, we’ve surveyed our participants to learn about their financial stressors. During the pandemic, they're looking for help finding their resiliency, both financial and emotional, so that when normal returns, they’re ready to move forward.
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Financial stress during the pandemic—yes, it’s gone up
For seven years, we’ve tracked the financial stress of our retirement plan participants, recognizing the impact that overall finances have on retirement savings. The COVID-19 pandemic is now changing our lives and stressing personal finances in ways we haven’t seen before.
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Retirement plans in June continued to reflect the ups and downs of the economy
Since the pandemic kicked off market volatility in February, the economy has been on a rollercoaster ride. We continue to watch the actions our retirement plan participants are taking to gauge the impact the changing economy is having on them, so we can try to help them with timely and targeted engagement.
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The what, why, and how of financial wellness programs
Employer adoption of financial wellness programs has doubled in five years. But do they work? And how do you implement one?
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The top causes of personal financial stress—they're not what you expect
Whether they consider their financial situation poor or excellent, Americans are financially stressed. Retirement plan sponsors and their business partners need to understand the top causes of that stress in order to put together an education or engagement strategy that helps participants take a step closer to financial wellness and retirement readiness.
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Financial stress: what’s the cost?
Financial wellness has become a priority among employers over the last several years. Many have added financial wellness components to their overall wellness benefits, recognizing the link between wealth and health. These programs come at a cost that's sometimes difficult to justify. By understanding the cost of financial stress, though, you may be able to justify the cost of financial wellness.
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Why financial stress is like the big bad wolf
Learn the causes of financial stress and how it affects retirement savings.
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