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Frontier markets include countries like Lebanon, Nigeria, Vietnam, Slovenia and Argentina. Investing in frontier markets is more risky than investing in other international asset classes. In fact, the frontier markets asset class is probably the riskiest available to mutual fund and exchange-traded fund investors.
We all know that using data to make decisions is better than relying on assumptions and opinions. But we also know that exercise is better for us than kicking back with a stiff drink and watching television. Is that knowledge enough to make us choose exercise? Not usually — unless we make a conscious effort to work it into our daily lives. People who exercise regularly tend to adopt habits such as putting their running shoes next to their bed or always working out at the same time, and data-driven people do the same thing. Here are five habits common among data-driven people. (Photo credit: iStock)
Whether youre looking to move to a new firm or hiring candidates for yours, the resume is a first impression and it needs to be a good one. Still, many job candidates routinely make mistakes that can lead to an instant rejection. Laszlo Block, the senior vice president of people operations at Google, shares these common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Commentary: Its probably best to channel your inner Ellen Degeneres, not your inner Don Rickles, when using humor in benefits communication. And always keep your audience top of mind.
As open enrollment season approaches, benefit managers are moving into high gear as they prepare to answer employee questions and concerns about their 2015 benefits. And as employees take on more responsibility for their health care, its more important than ever for them to understand how they can make the most of the programs and benefits their employers are offering.
Through the use of education and communication, employers and benefit advisers can have a huge impact on their employees retirement readiness. Making that education meaningful, however, is key to employee engagement and understanding. Here are five tips from Grinkmeyer Leonard Financial and investment advisers with Commonwealth Financial Network on how to make retirement education meaningful.
From technological innovators to compliance experts, plan design specialists to caring mentors, the 20 women chosen by EBAs editors to receive our inaugural Most Influential Women in Benefit Advising award are not only making extraordinary contributions to the field overall, but are also elevating the status of all women in the profession in the process.
If anyone knows a thing or two about multitasking, its benefit managers. From understanding the compliance complexities of the Affordable Care Act to navigating the nuances of ERISA, benefit managers are experts at juggling several priorities. Yet multitasking and having to deal with constant interruptions can negatively affect work quality, according to a recent study from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Voluntary benefits are increasingly seen by employers as an affordable way to fill gaps in benefit programs. According to legal solutions provider ARAG, four factors can play a critical role in the success of an employer's voluntary benefit participation.
Global correspondents for retirement travel site Live and Invest Overseas have picked some of the top retirement destinations for its 2014 Retire Overseas Index, which takes into consideration everything from climate to the cost of living to health care and taxes. Here are some of their top picks.
While the uninsured rate has dropped to a record low of 13.4% nationwide, according to Gallup figures, rates differ dramatically across states. Here are the 10 states with the highest uninsured rates in the aftermath of health care reform implementation, according to WalletHub.
According to WalletHub.com research, these 10 cities ranked as the worst places to retire based on five key dimensions affordability, jobs, activities, quality of life, health care and a variety of metrics, including cost of living, job prospects for those over age 65 and the availability of recreational activities.
A spate of recent decisions makes clear that the National Labor Relations Board has intensified its scrutiny of employer social media policies and this scrutiny extends no less to non-unionized employers.
Are your employees looking to retire somewhere cheap, or will an abundance of recreational activities or access to high quality health care be more important to them? WalletHub.com ranked the 10 best places to retire using five key dimensions — affordability, jobs, activities, quality of life, health care — and a variety of metrics, including cost of living, job prospects for those over age 65 and the availability of recreational activities.
Employees will play fantasy football and will do it in the workplace. It is incumbent upon HR and benefit managers to find ways to keep employees engaged and let them have some fun. But its also important to develop guidelines.
HR professionals in the nonprofit sector are becoming increasingly more important to their organizations operations, even if their relative growth in numbers has remained flat since the recession.
Exchanges are creating a significant distribution shift in the benefits marketplace — specifically, increased choice, changing funding mechanisms, defined benefit or defined contribution, and opportunities for new product offerings.
Happy birthday ERISA! The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 turns 40 on September 2. Heres a look at 11 important milestones, modifications and case law in the legislations 40-year history.
Whether its benefits enrollment time, or in between opt-in periods, benefit managers are finding that employees are starting to prefer digital options over traditional communication methods. A new Prudential analysis finds that while individual one-on-one meetings and group meetings are still the preferred ways for employers to communicate information, digital communications are gaining ground among employees.
Interviewing for a job is not what it used to be. These days, employers, including benefit agencies, are often looking for applicants with creative-thinking skills and those that stand apart from the crowd. Here are 25 of the most oddball interview questions posed to recent interviewees, according to career-site Glassdoor.com.