Public and private sector employees face similar retirement decisions—but the challenges they encounter, and the support they need, differ in important ways. Based on new national research from MissionSquare Research Institute, this webinar examines how advice use, saving behavior, investment confidence, and retirement income planning vary across sectors.

The findings reveal clear opportunities for plan providers and sponsors, particularly in the public sector, where participants are less likely to use advisors or digital tools, more likely to rely on defaults, and more likely to express uncertainty about investment and drawdown decisions. At the same time, higher expectations for defined benefit pensions reshape how defined contribution plans should be designed and communicated.

Join ICMA and MSRI for an evidence-based discussion of practical strategies—including human advice models, simplified investment menus, employer contributions, and DB-aware retirement income tools—that can help improve participant outcomes across the full retirement lifecycle.

This webinar is complimentary, thanks to the sponsorship of ICMA Partner MissionSquare, which will have access to registration information.