Friends – It's our favorite time of year - April is Retirement Security Month! Grab your coffee and join us to sharpen your insights and information. Here's a sampling of what's going on locally, and in a few other parts of the world:

• Jasper Forum's John Mitchem and Jorik Van Zanden: cultural differences impact retirement thinking in the Eurozone, Australia, and the US

• Frrresshhhh state metrics - closing in on $750 million

• Key updates from California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota and North Carolina ... and we're saving some goodies for the next edition

• Are Millennials getting a Watered Down Deal ?

• Hot Sauce and Cool Stuff

• … and Pix of the week!

Today we are here with John Mitchem and Jorik Van Zanden. We're going to talk about one thing only: what are the cultural differences around retirement thinking in the Eurozone, Australia, and the US. With a dollop of what that means for retirement outcomes.

Just before the holidays (and SECURE 2.0) we had the pleasure of chatting with Asso Yankson, Senior Manager, Retirement Consulting at Ernst & Young LLP (EY). We love this conversation both for its insights, and for the way EY and Yankson have worked together to create a role that is both difference-making, and supportive of working parenting. Read on to see how this works.