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2020 Financial Markets Update

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Want to Attract Young People to Your Company? Forget Ping-Pong Tables

April 25, 2017

Paula Hendrickson, our senior vice president and director of retirement consulting services, and Eileen Shaw, our ERISA consultant, write for Marketwatch […]

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Retirement: What’s New that Impacts You and Your Clients

December 2, 2016

On December 1, 2016, Eileen Shaw, ERISA consultant, hosted a webinar to explain the impact of the Department of Labor’s […]

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The Four Basics of Retirement Plan Success

April 15, 2016

When it comes to establishing a company’s retirement plan, a business owner is faced with a number of decisions that […]

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First Western Trust Launches Third Party Administrative (TPA) Services

January 5, 2016

DENVER, Colo – January 5, 2016 – First Western Trust has expanded its retirement consulting offering with the recent launch […]

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How Does a Fiduciary Support You and Your Company’s Retirement Plan?

August 13, 2015

Recently, the Obama Administration proposed significant changes for retirement planning – namely, the expansion of fiduciary standards. Such a proposal, […]

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Strategies: How You Can Cash in on Cash Balance Retirement Plans

April 1, 2015

Retirement concerns everyone. How much is enough? How do I maintain my current lifestyle after I finish working? For successful […]

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Retirement Update – Second Quarter 2014

July 31, 2014

On July 23rd, 2014, David Stern, investment analyst, shared his insight into economic trends in the second quarter and market […]

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To Be, Or Not to Be, Using Defined Benefit Plans: Part II

May 29, 2014

In the first part of our series, we highlighted why hybrid defined benefit plans, commonly referred to as cash balance […]

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Retirement Update – First Quarter 2014

April 29, 2014

On April 23rd, 2014 Katherine Berke CFP®, senior portfolio manager, gave commentary on economic trends in the first quarter and shared her […]

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Defined Benefit Plans: An Asset or Liability?

March 5, 2014

First Western Trust’s Director of Retirement Plan Consulting Services, Paula Hendrickson, recently presented a webinar entitled Defined Benefit Plans: An […]