We love summer! In between work days and getting things done, we hope you’re enjoying the sun where you are. Grab a lemonade. We’re here to catch you up on the world of retirement security, and just a bit more:

• Will Sandbrook on Nest UK, age ten.

• Frrreshhh state metrics

• Updates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, and Hawaii.

• Can tuning your design lead to better user outcomes? Behavioral scientist Perry Wright opines.

• Hot Sauce! … new research from our esteemed friends across the US.

• And, PIX of the Week! – we’re taking you outdoors and to the beach 🌅

Behavioral science is a popular topic. We want to know: can tuning our designs lead to better user outcomes? In this edition we bring you the experts from Common Cents Lab sharing what they are observing about personal finance. We think this is news you can use.

We’re excited to talk with our friend Will Sandbrook for several reasons. One, he’s been with Nest Corporation (UK) since it started. Ten years on, we want to know what he sees. Two, Will is Managing Director of Nest Insight, Nest’s in-house research and thought leadership unit focused on delivering cutting-edge research into how to improve retirement outcomes for the ‘DC generation.’ We always want to know what’s fresh news where he is. Among other initiatives, we touch on new results from the emergency savings space. Almost everything that’s going on in the UK is, or will soon be, very relevant to us in the US.