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Bridging the Investing Gap: Why Refreshing Policy Can Help All Americans Build Their Financial Futures

The U.S. government has long sought to help Americans improve their financial futures by encouraging them to invest. While the government has deployed the tools at its disposal to encourage millions to save and invest, these tools aren’t well-designed to help millions more Americans. To make further progress, we need a new model for how government and the private sector can work together to encourage ordinary people to invest wisely.

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Bridging the Investing Gap: Why Refreshing Policy Can Help All Americans Build Their Financial Futures

What's Inside

  • What the government has tried, and what is still needed, to help Americans prepare for their financial future
  • How refreshed policy and financial services regulation could spur investing
  • Ways to move beyond tax incentives and how to rethink disclosures
  • Options for aligning the confusing and fragmented standards of conduct for advisors

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