Retirement Savings

Today’s retirement savings system needs a technological overhaul.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020.

Re-Imagining Retirement Amid New Uncertainty 2020 -- report from the fourth annual Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings.

October 23, 2019The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program lays out ways industry leaders and policymakers can improve Americans’ retirement outlook, including expanded access to plans and help with emergency savings.

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program convened its third annual Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings in April. More than 70 experts and industry leaders gathered in Warrenton, Va., to share, evaluate, and refine solutions to the nation’s retirement crisis.

July 10, 2019 Ben White will present on ‘The Gig Economy and 21st Century Benefits" at the 2019 Church Pension Group Faculty Convocation.

June 13. 2019 Ida Rademacher is featured in this WSJ article on employer emergency savings accounts.

If passed, this rule will rescind mandatory underwriting provisions set by the CFPB in November of 2017 governing these small dollar high-cost loans. Aspen FSP submitted a comment letter in opposition to the proposed rule to the CFPB.

Portable non-employer retirement benefits represent an opportunity to strengthen America’s retirement system and address the retirement insecurity that many Americans experience.