Welcome to the New Year, friends! We didn't make a lot of resolutions but we are absolutely committed to bring you the best retirement savings innovation information. So, snag yourself a cozy beverage and settle in for a few minutes of catching up:

• Asso Yankson of EY: Good can get better. Don’t miss.

• Key updates from California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Jersey

• A hot take on how Secure 2.0's automatic enrollment impact

• Interesting new reads! Hot Sauce and Cool Stuff

• And Pix of the week, to close us out

If you’re like us, you’re hearing the words “Secure 2.0” bandied about everywhere you go. The Secure 2.0 Act was memorialized into 2023 Appropriations Act (Division T), signed into law as you were picking crumpled wrapping paper off the floor and putting your sparkling into the fridge for New Year’s Eve. We are going to do a short series on some of the provisions, focusing on the ones that impact you, and retirement security, the most. We’ll start with our favorite:

• Groom Law’s Michael Kreps on the good and the hidden in new retirement security legislation

• Fresh metrics on the state Auto IRA programs

• State updates – Virginia, Colorado, New Jersey – and more

• Advertising on your mind? How to think about it if you’re a state – with Joel Metlen