Next Event Kenneth R. Solow   Will Great Investment Returns Bail Out State Pension Plans? Date: Thursday, April 28 Time: 8:30 a.m. Location: Distilled Spirits Council 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 (Directions here) Kenneth R. Solow is a founding partner and Chief Investment Officer with Pinnacle Advisor Group, Inc., a registered [...]

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 [Directions to Brookings], at 8:30 a.m. Brookings Economic Studies fellow Douglas Elliott will discuss his research “State and Local Pension Funding Deficits: A Primer.” The financial health of state and local [...]

On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Investment Company Institute, 1401 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 [Directions to ICI], at 8:00 a.m. ICI Senior Economist Peter Brady will discuss his research “A Look at Private-Sector Retirement Plan Income After ERISA.” Among his findings are that retirement [...]

On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the American Action Forum, 1401 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005 [Directions to AAF], at 8:30 a.m. Seth Richards-Shubik, Ph.D., will present “Healthy Life Expectancy by Education: Estimates and Implications for Retirement Age Policy.” His research focuses on two themes [...]

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Congressional Budget Office, D St SW & 2nd Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia [Directions to CBO], at 8:30 a.m. Mark J. Warshawsky, Ph.D., will present “A Proposal for Retirement Plan Reform.” A preponderance of evidence from studies of retirement [...]

On Thursday, September 16, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE Washington DC 20002 [Directions to Heritage], at 8:30 a.m. Employee Benefit Research Institute research director Jack VanDerhei will speak on the subject of retirement income preparation and future prospects. If you plan on coming [...]

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at Fidelity Investments (325 7th street, NW on the 6th floor)  [Directions here], at 8:30am. Fidelity Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Market Planning Pamela Everheart will speak on the subject of “The impact of financial guidance on plan participants.”  Sue [...]

On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Urban Institute (2100 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037)  [Directions to UI], at 8:30am. International Monetary Fund technical assistance adviser Mauricio Soto and Urban Institute senior research associate Barbara A. Butrica will present their paper “Will Automatic Enrollment Reduce Employer [...]

On Thursday, April 15th, 2010 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at Cato 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC [Directions to CATO], at 8:30am. CATO senior fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale will talk about his new book “Social Security: A Fresh Look At Policy Alternatives.” Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. [...]

You are Invited … To A Meeting of the Savings and Retirement Forum with Guest Speaker Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:30 am The New American Foundation 1899 L Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 [Directions to NAF] NAF senior policy analyst Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini will present her paper “Unrestricted Savings: Their Role in [...]

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