Retirement Security Matters: September 22, 2022
Can you feel it? A slight change in the air. A crispness that you don’t remember being there last week. It’s true! Autumn is coming in two days and we’re ending the month with plenty-o-updates. So grab a milkshake (we take ours malted) and settle in:
Research docket and wealth gap surprises with Morningstar’s Aron Szapiro
State Auto IRA metrics – 36,000 new funded accounts in one month
A closer look at … Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, and New York
Can friction benefit retirement savers? Yes! Behavioral scientist Lindsay Juarez explains
Hot Sauce! Fresh research and some brain expanders
And, Pix of the week
May I Offer You a Precommitment?
Defaults and Anchors are powerful because they operate on three behavioral principles. They make choices easy. They provide an implicit endorsement. And they endow users with a status quo that they have to actively choose to change. How can you use defaults and anchors to give your users a big nudge toward better outcomes? With Perry Wright of Duke University.
Retirement Security Matters: August 11, 2022
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 …