The TIAA Institute hosted a Fellows Symposium entitled Enhancing Retirement Security: Ideas and Initiatives to Improve Participant Outcomes. The symposium featured innovative, Institute-supported research on retirement plan design, financial literacy and other topics designed to increase financial well-being for U.S. workers and employers. Studies and topics discussed include:

• New Evidence on the Demand for Advice Within Retirement Plans
  Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER, TIAA Institute Fellow
• Customized Choice Architecture: Helping without Nudging
  Eric Johnson, Columbia University, TIAA Institute Fellow
• The Evolution of 401(k) Balances Under Automatic Enrollment
  Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER, TIAA Institute Fellow
• Assessing the Underpinnings of “Performance Funding 2.0”: Will this Dog Hunt? (Luncheon Presentation)
  Bill Zumeta, University of Washington
• Financial Education, Financial Competence and Consumer Welfare
  Annamaria Lusardi, The George Washington University and NBER, TIAA Institute Fellow
• Heterogeneity, Financial Literacy and Asset Allocation: A Study Using Experimental and Field Data
  Robert McDonald, Northwestern University and NBER, TIAA Institute Fellow
  Thomas Reitz, The University of Iowa, TIAA Institute Fellow
• Operating and Financial Leverage in Gen Y Household
  Conrad Ciccotello, Georgia State University, TIAA Institute Fellow