The State of Retirement: Shaping the Future

Episode 35: What Can the Design, Evolution, and Launch of MyCTSavings Teach Us About the Implementation of State Retirement Savings Programs?

Dec 19, 2022

Connecticut Comptroller Natalie Braswell and Jessica Muirhead, Executive Director, MyCTSavings program, discuss the history, design, and evolution of this state-facilitated retirement savings programs for private sector workers who lack access to an employer-sponsored plan, and share some important some lessons learned...

Episode 34: What Are Surveys Telling Us About Financial Well-Being, Retirement Confidence, and Trends Shaping Retirement Plan Design?

Oct 21, 2022

Three prominent and influential thought leaders – Anne Ackerley of BlackRock, Catherine Collinson of the Transamerica Institute, and Lori Lucas of the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) - help us better understand how American workers are doing when it comes to their overall financial well-being and concerns,...

Episode 33: How Can Dynamic Pension Pools Address the Need for Lifetime Pension Income in Canada

Sep 6, 2022

Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University and Barbara Sanders, Associate Professor Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University introduce us to the concept of Dynamic Pension Pools, how they are different from...

Episode 32: Extending Pension (Retirement Savings) Coverage to the Informal Sector in Rwanda

Aug 1, 2022

Ayandev Saha, Head of Climate Risk and Insurance, RMD London, introduces us to a new retirement savings scheme launched in Rwanda in late 2018. This initiative also is outlined in a recent white paper submitted to the CRI titled "Rwf 23.2 billion saved into informal sector pension scheme –Extending pension coverage...

Episode 31: How are FinTech Firms Responding to Recent Reforms and Innovating to Cost-Effectively Serve the Small Business Market and Close the Access Gap?

Jun 3, 2022

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS EDITION

Chad Parks, Founder and CEO of Ubiquity Retirement +Savings, a fintech company committed to serving the small business market, explains why he supports new state-facilitated retirement savings programs, the ways in which the public and private sectors can contribute to closing...