The Virginia Retirement System’s myVRS financial wellness platform powered by Enrich™ took first place in the financial wellness category among public plans with more than 5,000 participants at the annual Eddy Awards sponsored by Pensions & Investments.

Franklin Templeton has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to develop MyFi Guide™, a financial wellness digital platform designed for financial professionals to share with defined contribution plan sponsors and participants.

Financial wellness, like physical and mental wellness, is essential to overall health. Research is narrowing in on a holistic approach to financial education as the most effective.

Many companies are beginning to provide their employees with a wide variety of benefits that will help them with improving their overall health and mental well-being. By doing so, employees become more productive in the workplace.

When starting a new program, most company executives focus on the bottom line. They want to know the statistics for any given project or proposal to determine success. The same holds true when considering adding an employee financial wellness program.

Honda Federal Credit Union has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to offer the award-winning Enrich financial wellness platform to its nearly 70,000 members. Honda FCU is a credit union exclusively for Honda Corp. employees.

Many companies are utilizing a “Lunch & Learn” format to help their employees achieve financial wellness, and they are wise to do so. It will also serve your employees, but it perpetuates a financial maturity in your camp that will benefit your company

How can organizations know that the financial wellness program they’ve implemented is making a positive impact? It’s as simple as keeping track of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

San Diego-based financial education company iGrad/Enrich has been named as one of three honorees in the inaugural Barron's Celebrates: Financial Empowerment for its contributions to improving the financial health and security of Americans.

Employee benefits is an umbrella term used when discussing non-wage compensation programs provided by employers to their employees. The purpose of such benefits is to attract and retain top talent, and based on recent statistics, benefits do matter.