September is here, and RSM is back on its bi-weekly schedule! Get ready for fall with insights on prepping for 2024, fresh state metrics nearing the $1 billion milestone, key state updates, best practices, Hot Sauce, cool finds, and a standout Pic of the Week. Dive in!

Feeling the heat? So are we! It’s the perfect time to take a breather. Find your favorite cool spot—whether it’s by the fan, the AC, or that chilly corner in the office—and join us as we dive into the latest in retirement security. This week, we’re sharing three ways to make 2024 awesome, fresh state metrics, updates from California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, and Maine, best practices to ease workplace angst, Hot Sauce for the dog days of August 🐕, and, of course, Pix of the Week. Let’s cool down and get started!

It is the dog days of August. Just for you, at the end of this edition, we’re going on a road trip together. And for now, snag yourself something icy and a comfortable chair, possibly in front of a fan. It’s time to catch up on the world of retirement savings innovation:

• Is retirement savings the ultimate ledger for personal financial wellness? This and four more hot topics from Aspen’s Ida Rademacher and Karen Andres

• We are BLOWING UP the state metrics this edition, check it out

• Updates from California, Colorado, Connecticut, and New Jersey

• Anchors Away! Duke’s Perry Wright on these, and defaults

• Hot Sauce! Cool stuff just for you

• Whew! Pix of the week, possibly from your state …