As Treasurer, Michael Frerichs has focused on getting money back into the hands of people to whom it belongs – by securing uncashed rebate checks and unpaid policyholder death benefits, and through the state’s unclaimed property program, I-Cash. He’s also helping Illinoisans get access to retirement savings opportunities at work through the groundbreaking Illinois Secure Choice program. Illinois Secure Choice opened up on a statewide basis in 2018. Join us as we talk about those exciting first two years.

We talk with David John, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for AARP’s Public Policy Institute and Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Retirement Security Project of the Brookings Institution about Auto IRAs, emergency savings, and lifetime income ideas like tontines, phased withdrawal accounts, and collective defined contribution. Lots of research links! Not to be missed.

Ascensus’ Peg Creonte is one of the service pioneers in the Auto IRA space. Here she talks about what they’ve learned in the first four years - and hints and tips for programs of the future.