Caring for Your Employees

Carlson Retirement Plan Services offers customized 401(k) retirement plan solutions to small and mid-sized businesses and their employees—proudly serving as a fiduciary for plans and extending personalized counsel and financial education to plan participants.

Financial Wellness for Your Team

We understand the positive impact of an engaged workforce—one that feels cared for, personally and professionally. Our team will partner with you to provide your employees with financial wellness tools that best address their needs.

75%

of employees live paycheck to paycheck.

1 in 5

people have access to personal financial guidance.

58%

of employees are stressed about their finances.

  • 75% of employees live paycheck to paycheck: Forbes 78% of Workers Live Paycheck To Paycheck, January 11, 2019
  • 1 in 5 people have access to personal financial guidance: CNBC 75 percent of Americans are winging it when it comes to their financial future, April 2, 2019
  • 58% of employees are stressed about their finance: PwC 2020 Employee Financial Wellness Survey
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Is Your Plan Competitively Priced?

A competitive retirement plan is an important component of your company’s benefit package. We are pleased to offer a complimentary benchmarking and plan design assessment report to measure your current plan’s cost and performance against the plans of similarly-sized employers.

2024: What We Know

2024: What We Know

The difference that a year can make never ceases to amaze me. Whether it’s the development of a new hobby, the shocking amount of space between tick marks on my children’s growth chart in our kitchen, or the continued increase in the number of gray hairs on my head,...

Putting Breaking News in Perspective

Putting Breaking News in Perspective

We are constantly bombarded with information—everything we see is BREAKING NEWS! Yet, what is actual news? How does one discern? Most importantly, where are you right now as it relates to the information you are receiving? When it comes to our personal finances, it is...

VIDEO: Introduction to Investing

VIDEO: Introduction to Investing

In this 10-minute video, Client Relationship and Education Manager Sue Desrosier, CFEI, BFATM provides a brief introduction to investing, including why you should participate in your 401(k) plan, different types of investments—stocks, bonds, and mutual funds—and their...

What to Focus On During Periods of Volatility

What to Focus On During Periods of Volatility

Over the past week, the banking sector has experienced one of the most sudden and tumultuous downturns since the global financial crisis of 2008–2009. Recently, the most substantial events were related to the failure of Silvergate Bank on March 8, Silicon Valley Bank...