Savings and Retirement Forum http://savingsandretirement.org Where academia, industry, and the policy world gather Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Savings and Retirement Event: Savings Rates In The U.S. http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/07/20/savings-and-retirement-event-savings-rates-in-the-us/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/07/20/savings-and-retirement-event-savings-rates-in-the-us/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:35:07 +0000 Jared http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=469 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 Guerzon will also join us to provide a guided tour of some of Fidelity’s online educational tools.

If you plan on coming please RSVP. Coffee, juice, and pastries will be served. Please feel free to pass this along to others who you feel might be interested in attending.

The purpose of the Forum is to bring together academics, interested industry professionals, policy wonks, and government staffers who work on issues related to Social Security, pensions, savings, and general retirement issues for a monthly seminar and an annual half-day conference. More information is available at savingsandretirement.org.

]]> http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/07/20/savings-and-retirement-event-savings-rates-in-the-us/feed/ 0 Event: Will Automatic Enrollment Reduce Employer Contributions to 401(k) Plans?” http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/06/02/event-will-automatic-enrollment-reduce-employer-contributions-to-401k-plans/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/06/02/event-will-automatic-enrollment-reduce-employer-contributions-to-401k-plans/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:49:46 +0000 Jared http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=437 http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/06/02/event-will-automatic-enrollment-reduce-employer-contributions-to-401k-plans/feed/ 0 Event: Social Security — A Fresh Look At Policy Alternatives http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/04/10/event-social-security-a-fresh-look-at-policy-alternatives/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/04/10/event-social-security-a-fresh-look-at-policy-alternatives/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:28:52 +0000 Jared http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=434 http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/04/10/event-social-security-a-fresh-look-at-policy-alternatives/feed/ 0 Event: Banking the Underbanked – May 11th http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/20/event-banking-the-underbanked-a-case-study/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/20/event-banking-the-underbanked-a-case-study/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:23:00 +0000 admin http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=444 http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/20/event-banking-the-underbanked-a-case-study/feed/ 0 Event: NAF March 16th http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/18/event-naf-march-16th/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/18/event-naf-march-16th/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:06:26 +0000 Jared http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=425 http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/02/18/event-naf-march-16th/feed/ 0 Event: AEI Jan 20th http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/01/08/event-aei-jan-20th/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/01/08/event-aei-jan-20th/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:29:25 +0000 admin http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=422 On Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at The American Enterprise Institute: 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 [Directions to AEI], at 8:30am.

The purpose of the Forum is to bring together academics, interested industry professionals, policy wonks, and government staffers who work on issues related to Social Security, pensions, savings, and general retirement issues for a monthly seminar and an annual half-day conference. Our website, www.savingsandretirement.org contains the dates of future meetings, links to relevant papers, and a few miscellaneous links that people doing research on these issues may find useful.

If you plan on coming please RSVP. Coffee, juice, and pastries will be served. Please feel free to pass this along to others who you feel might be interested in attending.

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On Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at The Urban Institute: 2100 M Street, N.W.Washington, DC, at 8:30am. Barbara A. Butrica, Karen E. Smith, and Eric J. Toder of the Urban Institute will be discussing paper “Retirement Security and the Stock Market Crash What are the Possible Outcomes?”

Link to Paper: Here

The purpose of the Forum is to bring together academics, interested industry professionals, policy wonks, and government staffers who work on issues related to Social Security, pensions, savings, and general retirement issues for a monthly seminar and an annual half-day conference. Our website, www.savingsandretirement.org contains the dates of future meetings, links to relevant papers, and a few miscellaneous links that people doing research on these issues may find useful.

If you plan on coming please RSVP. Coffee, juice, and pastries will be served. Please feel free to pass this along to others who you feel might be interested in attending.

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Paper: Link

On Thursday, November 19th, 2009 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at The Investment Company Institute: 1401 H St., NW, Suite 1200, at 8:30am. Hillary Waldron of the Social Security Administration will be discussing “Longevity and Earnings” The purpose of the Forum is to bring together academics, interested industry professionals, policy wonks, and government staffers who work on issues related to Social Security, pensions, savings, and general retirement issues for a monthly seminar and an annual half-day conference. Our website, www.savingsandretirement.org contains the dates of future meetings, links to relevant papers, and a few miscellaneous links that people doing research on these issues may find useful.

If you plan on coming please RSVP. Coffee, juice, and pastries will be served. Please feel free to pass this along to others who you feel might be interested in attending.

]]> http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/11/16/event-hillary-waldron/feed/ 1 Next Event- Mark Warshawsky http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/10/19/next-event-mark-warshawsky/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/10/19/next-event-mark-warshawsky/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:56:28 +0000 admin http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=407 Where: Brookings Institute

When:  8:30-9:30 Oct 26th

]]> http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/10/19/next-event-mark-warshawsky/feed/ 0 Next Event: Ken Solow http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/09/21/next-event-ken-solow/ http://savingsandretirement.org/2009/09/21/next-event-ken-solow/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:10:13 +0000 admin http://savingsandretirement.org/?p=399 solowOn Tuesday, September 22, 2009 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at 1101 New York Avenue, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, at 8:30am. Ken Solow, Chief Investment Officer, Pinnacle Advisory Group will be discussing his book “Buy and Hold is Dead (Again): The case for active portfolio management for retirement savings.” (Link to Ken’s Investment blog: Here)

The purpose of the Forum is to bring together academics, interested industry professionals, policy wonks, and government staffers who work on issues related to Social Security, pensions, savings, and general retirement issues for a monthly seminar and an annual half-day conference. Our web site, www.savingsandretirement.org contains the dates of future meetings, links to map-solowrelevant papers, and a few miscellaneous links that people doing research on these issues may find useful.

If you plan on coming please RSVP by 3pm Tuesday if possible to expedite your entry into the building. Coffee, juice, and pastries will be served.

Please feel free to pass this along to others who you feel might be interested in attending.

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