UCLA Anderson School of Management assistant professor of marketing and 2016 NPEA speaker Hal Hershfield was named one of Poets & Quants best 40 professors under the age of 40 for 2017.   Read More

Tucson is a place that beckons you to explore without boundaries. For those who venture off the beaten path, this city is proud to be a little "out there" - a natural oasis away from the unoriginal and pretentious that inspires the free spirit in us all.   Read More

Nashville certainly lived up to its billing as Music City USA. The home of the Grand Ol' Opry, Ryman Auditorium, and RCA Studio B if not likely to lose that crown anytime soon. But Nashville proved to be much more than just the music as it hosted the 37th annual NPEA conference.   Read More

2016 NPEA conference speaker Christian Weller was featured prominently in a piece by Robert Farley of factcheck.org on the potential job losses related to the American Health Care Act.   Read More

Nashville became known worldwide as “Music City” when WSM radio announcer David Cobb used the now-famous nickname on a 1950 broadcast. But there is so much more to this iconic city than the music. Nashville’s history, diversity, ingenuity, and prominence surprises many - even those who call it home. Here are a few more interesting things you may not have known about Nashville.   Read More

Guest editorial by NPEA Member Bobbie O'Neil of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. If there’s one comment we hear more than anything at OPERS it’s “I wish I would have started saving earlier”.   Read More

The 2016 Annual Conference in Newport Beach was everything we expected and more. The location, accommodations, attendees, speakers and networking opportunities were all superb! We took a look at the future to see how new research and programs are helping us connect with our future selves in pursuing financial well being, extending our longevity and aging with dignity. We looked at the upcoming election and the potential impacts of a new administration and congress on the future of public pensions.   Read More

One of our most popular conference speakers returned to host an NPEA webinar entitled Cutting through the Clutter that was equally informative and entertaining.   Read More

2015 keynote speaker Teresa Ghilarducci, author of the recently released book How to Retire with Enough Money and How to Know What Enough Is, co-authored an article in the NY Times calling for the establishment of guaranteed savings accounts for the 95 million workers without pensions.   Read More

The day after I discussed Social Security rules and claiming strategies at the National Pension Education Association’s annual meeting in Lexington, KY, on October 27, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives, without advance warning or public debate, approved legislation that eliminated some of those options. The Senate approved the bill two days later and President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act ...   Read More