Empower Retirement, the second largest retirement services provider, with more than 12 million participants, is planning a website that will integrate elements of a person's finances into one complete picture of their financial life.
The new "digital experience," which Empower expects to begin offering later this year, will include not only an individual's estimated retirement income but also their net worth via links to outside savings, retirement, checking, credit card and brokerage accounts, as well to loans and 529 investment accounts — all combined into a single snapshot.
"Empower has designed this new experience to help drive more information into the hands of individuals so they can work with their advisors to achieve their goals," said the firm's president and CEO, Edmund F. Murphy III, in a statement. "We recognize that most people have multiple goals in addition to retirement. This comprehensive and holistic approach enables us to better serve their full financial needs."
Individuals will have the choice to link the digital experience to outside accounts or simply use it as a stand-alone for their Empower retirement account. In addition, individuals will be able to talk with an Empower advisor for help. An Empower spokesman said neither individual plan participants nor plan sponsors will be charged an additional fee for the expanded offering.
