March Membership Meeting - What's Your Problem, 401(k)?

Join us for our March Monthly Meeting!

This session takes a hard look at the plan most Americans rely on to pay for retirement. In this session, we examine the state of retirement readiness in America, it's impact on financial security, and why we believe current 401(k) plan management is to blame. This session challenges the status quo of 401(k) plan management, explores 3 key drivers of retirement readiness, and describes the specific changes that can help 401(k) plans accomplish the goal we depend upon them for - to get employees on track for retirement. Attendees will be provided with actionable strategies for transforming 401(k) plans into powerful tools for financial security.

1. Review the impact of financial insecurity by analyzing how employees’ financial stress influences productivity, engagement, and the organization’s bottom line.

2. Evaluate today’s 401(k) KPIs and reporting methods to understand their limitations and identify more effective measures of retirement readiness.

3. Learn how to manage the 401(k) plan effectively by establishing clear goals, assigning responsibilities, and tracking the right metrics for success.

Meet our Speaker

Chris Thixton, Pension Consultants, Inc.

For over 20 years, Chris has been a retirement plan industry advocate, addressing the reality that most people aren’t on track for retirement. He works exclusively with 401(k) and 403(b) plan sponsors and fiduciary committees, dedicated to improving the financial security of employees in America. Chris has developed and implemented a variety of systems that have improved clients’ retirement plans. He pioneered PCI’s vendor research system which includes extensive service-provider comparative analysis and benchmarking. Chris testified in Washington D.C. at the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on fiduciary matters related to fee disclosure as part of the Hearing on Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2). Chris leads public workshops to train fiduciary committees and conducts private training sessions for individual fiduciary committees across the country. Chris has spoken at over 50 conferences and seminars and as a program speaker, Chris has an NPS score of 99.5%. Chris is a member of the American Retirement Association and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA). As a member of ASPPA, he serves as both a Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) and a Qualified 401(k) Consultant (QKC).