The State of Retirement: Shaping the Future

Episode 30: What Do We Know About How Retirees Spend and the Role of Guaranteed Income in Improving Outcomes?

Apr 27, 2022

David Blanchett, Managing Director and Head of Retirement Research for PGIM DC Solutions, and Michael Finke, Professor, Professor of Wealth Management and Frank M. Engle Distinguished Chair in Economic Security Research at The American College of Financial Services, explain what we know about how retirees save and spend...

Episode 29: State-Facilitated Retirement Savings Programs: How 40,000 Employers Have Helped 400,000 Employees Save $400 Million for Retirement...and It's Just the Beginning

Apr 8, 2022

On this audio replay of CRI’s February 17, 2022 webinar, Angela Antonelli moderates a series of panel presentations by:

The Honorable Stacy Garrity, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Honorable Josh Gotbaum, Chair, MarylandSaves
Mary Morris, CEO, Virginia529 and the VA Retirement Savings Program
John...

Episode 28: What is the 2022 Legislative and Regulatory Outlook for Retirement Reform?

Jan 26, 2022

Michael Kreps, Principal & Co-Chair of the Retirement Services Practice, Groom Law Group, discusses how well the retirement system continues to hold up as we begin a new year; provides an overview of some of the more significant retirement related legislative reform initiatives considered but not enacted by Congress in...

Episode 27: Why Is It Important to Close the Retirement Savings Access Gap, What Are Policymakers Doing, and How Are Employers and Employees Responding?

Dec 14, 2021

John Scott, Project Director, Retirement Savings Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts shares the findings of recent research related to the implementation of state auto-IRA retirement savings programs in Oregon and Illinois. He explains the role these programs play in closing the retirement savings access gap,...

Episode 26: What Has Made Washington State One of the Top 5 Best Performing and Funded Pension Systems in the U.S.?

Sep 29, 2021

Theresa Whitmarsh, Executive Director, Washington State Investment Board will retire at the end of 2021 after 18 years of service. The Board manages more than $165 billion in assets, and is one of the top 5 best funded and highest performing pension funds in the nation. It also is a leader in private asset investing,...