Working Towards a Secure Retirement: Strengthening our Nation’s Savings System
March 4, 2014
12:00-2:00pm
Capitol Hill | Rayburn House Office Building | B-318
The event is free and open to the public
Lunch will be served
A Congressional briefing hosted by:
The Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security
Retirement savings are a key to building wealth, strengthening the middle class, and building a greater measure of financial security for all Americans. Current policy rewards employers, financial institutions, and workers for saving, but millions still remain outside of the savings system and a crisis of retirement insecurity looms. The briefing “Working Towards a Secure Retirement: Strengthening our Nation’s Savings System” will examine the policies that can be advanced to enable all Americans to achieve lifelong financial security.
Keynote Remarks:
Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Representative Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
Representative Thomas E. Petri (R-WI)
J. Mark Iwry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Retirement and Health Policy
Featured Discussants:
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Judy Miller Director of Retirement Policy American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)
Edmund F. Murphy III Chief of Defined Contribution Putnam Investments
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Eric Stevenson Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer Nationwide Retirement Solutions
Lisa Mensah Founder & Director Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security |
Retirement savings are a key to building wealth, strengthening the middle class, and building a greater measure of financial security for all Americans. Current policy rewards employers, financial institutions, and workers for saving, but millions still remain outside of the savings system and a crisis of retirement insecurity looms. The briefing “Working Towards a Secure Retirement: Strengthening our Nation’s Savings System” will examine the policies that can be advanced to enable all Americans to achieve lifelong financial security.