Mercer Launches “My Retirement Workshop” Online Education Program
14 5월 2012 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Mercer, a leading global provider of benefits administration,
announced today that it has launched “My Retirement Workshop,”
(www.myretirementworkshop.com) an online retirement planning and
education campaign for employees whose 401(k) plans it administers.
Thematically styled after today’s many popular home improvement
programs, the innovative website provides interactive tools and
hands-on instruction to help investors “fix up” their retirement
plans.
My Retirement Workshop addresses key findings from the 2011
Mercer Workplace Survey™, which revealed that employees are feeling
more personally accountable for their own retirement. In fact,
despite having a broadly negative economic outlook, more employees
than in past years reported stepping up their retirement planning
activity, including increasing their 401(k) contributions and
reallocating their portfolios.
“Typically, we’ve found that a pessimistic economic outlook
among 401(k) participants leads them to ignore and often retreat
from retirement planning,” said Dave Tolve, Retirement Business
Leader for Mercer’s US Outsourcing business. “With our most recent
survey results, however, we saw the opposite – employees seemed to
be more motivated to make positive changes and take on more
personal responsibility for their future financial security. My
Retirement Workshop was designed to respond to this shift in
attitude with helpful, action-oriented content that will give
participants the tools to continuously improve their chances of a
successful retirement.”
My Retirement Workshop consists of four main features: a brief
self-assessment tool that provides personalized feedback and a
recommended action plan; a selection of hands-on projects that
address common retirement planning challenges; a toolbox of helpful
calculators, worksheets and widgets; and an opportunity to “learn
from the pros” by watching videos, listening to podcasts and/or
reading articles. Visitors to the site can also interact with peers
through discussion boards, quick polls and share the site through
various social media websites. The My Retirement Workshop online
education campaign was launched in early May and will be a
year-long campaign, with new content and features to be introduced
in the fall.
Participants can access My Retirement Workshop through their
plan’s website. A public version of the site is also available at
www.myretirementworkshop.com, where mobile device users also can
access a mobile-optimized variation of the site for easy
viewing.
Mercer’s US Outsourcing business administers the defined
contribution retirement programs for 1.3 million participants.
About Mercer
Mercer is a global leader in human resource consulting and
related services. The firm works with clients to solve their most
complex human capital issues by designing and helping manage
health, retirement and other benefits. Mercer’s 20,000 employees
are based in more than 40 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), a global
team of professional services companies offering clients advice and
solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital. With
52,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue exceeding $10
billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company
of Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management;
Guy Carpenter, a global leader in providing risk and reinsurance
intermediary services; and Oliver Wyman, a global leader in
management consulting. For more information, visit www.mercer.com.
Follow Mercer on Twitter @MercerInsights.
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