Happy New Year, friends! We’re kicking off 2024 with fresh insights on retirement savings innovation. Dive into Asso Yankson of EY on improving what’s good, updates from key states, Secure 2.0’s automatic enrollment impact, Hot Sauce, and Pix of the Week. Enjoy!

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.

Josh Cohen loves this topic of retirement savings and income adequacy. He’s also deeply curious about the evolution of the industry. How is it that plan sponsors became plan sponsors – and why do things work the way they do? We caught up with Josh to talk about his new podcast, and intriguing results from PGIM’s latest defined contribution survey.