Dr. Mingli Zhong asks important questions about how we can optimize the way we use automatic features in our retirement savings plans and programs. She’s also studying pandemic-related impacts on savers, going beyond top-level results to understand how this economy is differentiating between those of us that kept our jobs, and those of us who didn’t.

The length of time it takes for a state-facilitated retirement savings program (SFRP) to become self-sustaining depends largely on how quickly the number of participants and the total dollars saved grow. Program growth is influenced by several key variables. Making accurate projections requires making assumptions that reflect the unique nature of each state and program.

Did you miss us?! We took a spring break to fit those COVID vaccines in. While we’ve been laying around developing antibodies like mad, there’s been *so much* going on in the world of retirement security! You will not want to miss:

• Mark Iwry on the concept of Automatic – and how getting there really wasn’t …

• Fresh state stats: funded accounts are up 25% year to date!