Memo #
33991

Materials from the JITA/ICI Retirement Savings Roundtable: A Discussion of US and Japanese Retirement Savings Policy
| Print

[33991]

January 12, 2022

TO: Global Retirement Savings Committee
Pension Committee
Pension Operations Advisory Committee
Research Committee RE: Materials from the JITA/ICI Retirement Savings Roundtable: A Discussion of US and Japanese Retirement Savings Policy

 

On November 30, virtually, from Tokyo and Washington, DC, the Investment Trusts Association, Japan (JITA) and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) co-hosted a retirement savings roundtable. Eric Pan, ICI President and CEO, and Hiroshi Matsutani, JITA Chairman, hosted the two-hour event. Roundtable speakers included:

  • Toshiki Ono, Director, Private Pension Division, Pension Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan;
  • Akiko Nomura, Managing Director, Research Department, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research; and
  • Sarah Holden, Senior Director, Retirement and Investor Research, Investment Company Institute.

Presentations and roundtable discussion provided insight into the retirement policy process in the United States and Japan; recent retirement reforms in Japan and the context for their consideration; and similarities and differences between the Japanese and US retirement systems. The event was translated simultaneously, and English and Japanese recordings are available.

The recordings and available presentations can be found at this link: https://www.ici.org/events/21-icig-roundtable-jita.

If you have any questions or comments concerning this content, please contact me at sholden@ici.org.

 

Sarah Holden
Senior Director, Retirement & Investor Research