When opting into a goal-based strategy, savers may also have the option to include accounts that they have earmarked for retirement other than their employer’s retirement plan through Vestwell.
How to Add Outside Accounts
Add these outside retirement assets by navigating to the "Investments" tab of your portal. Next, select Manage Your Investments in the right-hand side of the screen. Next, select View and Edit Details under "Goal-Based." Then, from the "Goal-Based Investment" page, click the Manage button under "Outside Accounts."
From here, there are two methods for adding your account information:
We will walk through both methods below.
Option 1: Manually Add Accounts
When choosing Manually Add Account(s), you may add a savings, retirement, or brokerage account and input the account name and balance. Fill in the "Account Name," "Type," and "Balance" fields. Then, select Apply Changes.
You can always edit the account details or remove the account by selecting the 3 dots next to the listed account.
Option 2: Link Accounts Through Plaid
To directly link accounts through Plaid, select Link Account(s). Follow the steps prompted by Plaid, where you will select your institution, log in, and choose the account to add. Once finished, select Apply Changes.
Unlink accounts by selecting the minus button listed next to the linked account.
You can link up to five outside accounts and add five manual account balances earmarked for retirement.
Once you finish adding information for your outside accounts, you will see the breakdown of a general estimate broken out by income source. The feature’s algorithm will indicate the potential likelihood of reaching their stated retirement income goal. If the algorithm indicates that the current retirement savings strategy is unlikely to meet the desired yearly retirement income goal, the feature provides a few suggestions that you may wish to consider:
- Save More: The saver may wish to contribute more money to their retirement savings by increasing the deferral rate or amount.
- Retire Later: The saver may wish to delay their retirement age to allow for more time to save.
- Spend Less: The saver may wish to reduce their selected retirement income goal.
For any questions please reach out to help@vestwell.com.
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