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Lisa Mensah, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS), moderated an off-the-record intimate discussion on ‘Thinking Beyond the Challenges: How Lifetime Income Alternatives Can Help Reshape the Changing Retirement Landscape in America.’ Co-hosted by The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Prudential Financial Inc., and Aspen IFS, the ev
The Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS) Executive Director, Lisa Mensah, steered a lunchtime keynote discussion at the National Academy of Social Insurance’s (NASI) ‘Social Insurance in a Market Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities’ conference.
Lisa Mensah, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS), moderated an off-the-record discussion on ‘Thinking Beyond the Challenges to Americans’ Retirement Preparedness.’ Co-hosted by The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Prudential Financial Inc., and Aspen IFS, the event was first in a series of high-level discussions that broug
On December 8, 2011, Robert Weinberger, Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS), testified at the Internal Revenue Service’s public meeting to discuss the vision of a real-time tax system. This event kicked off a series of meetings that will run throughout 2012 to gather feedback on how to implement a series of long-term changes to our nation’s ta
On Friday, September 9, 2011, Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security’s (Aspen IFS) Executive Director, Lisa Mensah, moderated a Capitol Hill briefing on ‘Rethinking Incentives to Save for a Secure Retirement.’ The bicameral briefing, co-sponsored by the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Brookings Institution, featured a panel of the
On August 2, 2011, President Obama
signed into law the measure to raise the debt limit. That same afternoon, Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson and Lisa Mensah, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Initiative on Financial
On July 28, 2011, the Aspen Institute Initiative on 
Financial Security (Aspen IFS) hosted a Congressional briefing on Social Security in Cannon House Office Building. The briefing, “Social Security: The Trust Fund, the Deficit, and Americans’ Retirement Security,” featured keynote remar
On July 27, 2011, Lisa Mensah, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS) participated in a panel discussion at the PROTECT 2011: Workplace Benefits and Financial Security symposium. The event, co-hosted by the Financial Services Roundtable, American Savings Educat
Aspen IFS Hosts Financial Regulatory Reform Conversation on 1 Year Anniversary of Dodd-Frank Passage
On July 21, 2011, the one year anniversary of
the historic Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security (Aspen IFS) hosted Reforming Our Nation’s Financial System: Dodd-Frank One Year Later at the Aspen Institute headquarters in Washingto
On June 8, 2011, Lisa Mensah delivered opening remarks at the National Academy of Social Insurance’s (NASI) “Envisioning the Future of Social Insurance in a Competitive Economy” Policy Seminar. The seminar coincided with NASI’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, and addressed issues including whether social insurance is the best way to manage the risks associated with retirement, an