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Rethinking Retirement Plans: Easier, Smarter, More Valuable with Jacqueline Reeves (Ep. 20)

Rethinking Retirement Plans: Easier, Smarter, More Valuable with Jacqueline Reeves (Ep. 20)

Retirement plans have long been seen as expensive, complex, and difficult to manage—especially for small businesses. But that perception is changing.

In this episode of the Planning Perspectives Podcast, Jackie Reeves joins Jamie Hopkins and Kate Duffy to explore what’s different today, the opportunities many employers may be overlooking, and why taking a fresh look at your current plan could deliver meaningful value for both your business and your employees.

Key Takeaways:

  • Why no business is “too small” to offer a retirement plan—and how accessibility has improved
  • How modern plans have become more affordable, streamlined, and easier to manage
  • Why retirement benefits are now a powerful differentiator for attracting and retaining talent
  • How features like automatic enrollment—and a simple plan review—can significantly improve outcomes
  • And more.

This conversation makes a compelling case for revisiting your approach—because today’s retirement plans aren’t just easier, they’re a strategic advantage. 

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About our Guest: 

Jacqueline (Jackie) Reeves leads Retirement Plan Services at Bryn Mawr Trust, a WSFS company. She works with business owners to design, evaluate, and optimize retirement plans that align with company goals, employee needs, and evolving regulatory requirements. Jackie specializes in helping organizations navigate plan design, fiduciary oversight, retirement plan benchmarking, participant engagement, and long-term retirement readiness strategies. Throughout this conversation, she shares practical insights on how business owners can simplify retirement plan decisions while creating meaningful benefits for their employees.

How To Practice for Retirement (Ep. 4)

How To Practice for Retirement (Ep. 4)

Retirement isn’t just about reaching a number or a specific age. It’s a significant life transition that requires preparation beyond financial planning.

How do you shift from a lifetime of saving to spending? How do you build new communities and find purpose when work becomes optional?

In this episode, Jamie Hopkins and Kate Duffy explore the concept of “practicing retirement” and how to prepare for this major life transition at every stage of life. They discuss the psychological challenges of spending down savings, the importance of aligning your values with your spending, and practical strategies like bucketing, visualization, and test-driving retirement lifestyle choices. 

  • Key takeaways:
  • The psychological and behavioral challenges of transitioning from saving to spending in retirement
  • The importance of retirement planning beyond finances, including identity shifts, community building, and lifestyle changes
  • How to use bucketing and visualization techniques throughout your life to align spending with your values and goals
  • Practical strategies for test-driving retirement
  • The counterintuitive benefit of stopping retirement savings 2-3 years before retiring to improve quality of life and potentially stay in the workforce longer

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