April 8, 2019
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In this episode: (1) Perceptions about auto enrollment in the government sector, (2) New Retirement Legislation: Congress passes the SECURE ACT and a minimum guaranteed retirement?, (3) A case of offering products that no-one wants? Google and Walmart working together on a shopping assistant., (4) Giving College a Try at Age 40, (5) Getting what you want from your credit card issuer and ever-growing healthcare expenses and (6) An Update (and some life lessons) on the Financial Freedom Book tour. Special guest this week: Rivka Liss-Levinson, Ph.D., Center for State and Local Government Excellence.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- How to save for the future when it’s uncertain; Are Millennials ‘Financially Fragile?’
- Who Will Still Feed Them When They’re 64? ; Retirees Need Emergency Funds Too
- You Pay for Netflix and Spotify Monthly. What About Financial Planning?
- Financial advisors manage client concerns ; Why Advisors Could Lose Out on Trillions of Dollars Changing Hands
- Many retirees face conundrum: Lump sum or annuity? ; It’s A Fixed Annuity World And Distributors Are Just Living In It
- Fintech firms are battling for your savings with high yields
- Kentucky must work to improve financial literacy ; Time for the ABCs of financial literacy
- Maryland fiduciary standard proposal rejected in committee
- Wedding season is here! But how much should you spend to attend?
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- 1 in 4 Americans refuse medical care because they can’t afford it
- What’s next for association health plans after federal judge’s ruling? ; Democrats, Republicans agree on legislation targeting drug prices
- Health Benefit Employee Cost-Sharing Can Bring Unexpected Consequences
- Doctor: Why Medical Costs Keep Going Up ; Retirees Ration or Forgo Dental Care
- Health care appointee announces plan to cancel controversial rate changes for autism care providers
- Health care’s huge cybersecurity problem ; Amazon Alexa launches its first HIPAA-compliant medical skills
- Four Ways Smart Companies are Rethinking Well-being at Work — and You Should Too
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Best Decade For Fintech Is Here
- AI explained: Everything you need to know about our robot overlords
- Georgia Tech reveals data breach, 1.3 million records exposed
- Why is it so hard for us to pay attention to cybersecurity? ; The Race For Data And The Cybersecurity Challenges This Creates
- Google and Apple haven’t answered how they’ll ‘monetize’ video game services for developers ;Amazon puts a dent in Google’s ad dominance
- Australian lawmakers require internet companies to curb livestreamed violence
- Lyft Is Luring Investors, Just Not the Kind It Wants
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- Coons and Klobuchar pitch retirement savings mandate plan
- Employees think they’re on track for retirement. Here’s where they’re wrong
- House Committee Passes Bill to Overhaul Retirement Plans ;What the SECURE Act means for annuities in 401k(s) ; New solutions are desperately needed to prepare millions of Americans for retirement
- Tailoring Plan Designs to Reflect Shorter Employee Tenure ; DC Plan Participants Share Incentives for Saving More
- Chevron DC participants petition Supreme Court to rule on fiduciary breach standards
PENSIONS
- New return reality of public pensions
- Illinois justices back pension for 1-day substitute teacher
- Kentucky lawmakers approve pension relief bill for ‘quasi’ agencies
- Former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski Files Two 2020 Ballot Initiatives to Tackle Public Pension Costs ; $2 billion schools investment requires pension reforms
- State-run pension system not the answer
- House wants to study converting state employee retirement plan to ‘defined contribution’
- Colorado Outlines Pension And Annuity Subtraction Rules
- Inquiry launched into Omaha school district pension fund
- Pension woes persist as mayor pulls bill to sell water supply ; Keep the water system, fix Providence pensions
- MCA asks Fairfax to reform pensions, maintain schools, hire more police
- Detroit pension fund trustees rip raises for investment executives
- Red Bluff departments facing cuts under new budget
INTERNATIONAL
- UK minimum DC contributions rise again, providing lift for plan assets
- France wants to cap executive pensions, in dig at Airbus
- Brazil’s Pension Overhaul in Doubt After Minister’s Contentious Debut
- Less than half of UK workers aware of imminent pension hike details ; Ten million people face higher pension payments ; Million high earners in UK caught in tax trap
- Private Equity Keeps Ontario Teachers’ Strong in 2018
MARKETS
- The flat truth on the yield curve and recessions ; A Slowdown Is Inevitable. But a Recession?
- Central Bankers Are Hitting the Pause Button ; The ECB Proves Central Bankers Are Bad Capitalists
- US Payrolls Top Estimates With 196000 Rise as Wages Cool ; What the Latest Jobs Report Means for Interest Rates
- Oil Prices Rise on Economic Data ; California Refinery Breakdowns Push Gas Toward $4 a Gallon
- Factor investing gets a reboot as ebbing demand bites at ETFs
- Equity Funds Post Their Strongest Quarterly Returns Since Q4 2010
- Risk Parity Beats the Endowment Model
- Pension, sovereign funds increase presence in buyouts
- Why Foreign Investors Are Showing Interest In China’s Bond Market
- Theresa May Asks EU for Brexit Extension Until June 30
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Hedge Funds Just Posted Their Best Quarter Since 2009 ; Hedge Fund Beatings to Continue Until Morale Improves
- What bitcoin’s 20% price surge says about the state of cryptocurrency ; Bitcoin is a hedge against ‘new world’ of central bank policy, says fund manager
- Fannie’s decision to use real estate agents as appraisers is risky
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