As we wrap up Hanukkah and race toward Christmas Eve and the New Year, it’s the perfect time for a quick break. Grab a cocoa-coffee and catch up on the latest in retirement security: Starter K insights from Guideline’s Jeff Rosenberger and Jeremy Caballero, fresh state metrics 🥁, updates from Delaware, Maine, and Virginia, a glimpse into 2024 with RSM, a dash of Hot Sauce, and, of course, PIX! Let’s dive in.

We first met Aaron Schumm in the rooms where nerdy people talk about the future of retirement savings, and how it might be made better, faster. As a private sector expert he is, of course, anything but nerdy. Aaron is the founder and CEO of Vestwell, a “modern engine powering savings and investment programs for small businesses and individual savers”. So what do they think of Auto IRAs? We had to know.