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Howdens provides staff with valuable retirement-planning tools

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Following a review of its pension scheme and a consultation in 2020, kitchen furniture manufacturer Howdens chose to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme in 2021. In all, around 10,700 employees from a total workforce of 11,500 are in the company pension scheme.

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More Miscellaneous Insights From Recent Webinars

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As I mentioned in three previous posts , I love learning new things and often attend webinars and podcasts to gain knowledge and/or continuing education credits for my CFP® and AFC® as well as to connect virtually with others. Alternatives to generate cash include savings that is not in a retirement plan (if any), employer assistance (e.g.,

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Hays addresses the gender pensions gap

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Passionate about financial wellbeing , global recruitment firm Hays provides employees with back-to-basics roadshows and webinars to explain pensions terminology in a more straightforward way in order to combat the gender pensions gap. This is to highlight the impact of the gender pensions gap and work to avoid it.

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Can Farmers Ever Afford to Retire?

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One of my Money Talk clients is my long-time employer, Rutgers Cooperative Extension. In addition to writing monthly Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ financial messages , I also present online webinars and class segments. My segment of their six-week class series was called Can Farmers Ever Afford to Retire? health insurance).

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Retirement and Taxes: "To" and "Through" Planning

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If you picture retirement planning and taxes as a Venn Diagram, there is lots of overlap between these two areas of personal finance. This is true both during one’s working years (when taxpayers are saving for retirement) and later, when people are older and withdrawing taxable income from tax-deferred accounts.

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Individual Retirement Accounts: What You Need to Know

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I recently attended a Financial Planning Association (FPA) webinar about traditional and Roth IRAs presented by Ed Slott , a nationally recognized expert on IRAs and frequent presenter at conferences for financial advisors. Many have accumulated significant sums and need tax planning help. There is no way out.

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Educating staff about at-retirement choices

Employee Benefits

Credit: Andrii-Yalanskyi/Shutterstock Need to know: Employees nearing retirement need to know if they can retire and what their options are. Employers can direct them to support from providers, send out newsmails or facilitate access to qualified financial advisers.