Insights from economic, academic and media experts on:

Retirement in light of current market conditions
The resulting financial challenges we now face
How retirement strategies are likely to evolve

Original Webcast: April 21, 2009.

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Distinguished Moderator and Panelists

Moderator

Amy Feldman/BusinessWeek

Amy Feldman is an Associate Editor at BusinessWeek in New York. She covers retirement, tax, investing and other personal finance issues. Prior to joining BusinessWeek last summer, she was a senior writer for Money, the Wall Street columnist for the New York Daily News and a staff writer for Forbes.

Panelists

Eric Chaney/Chief Economist, AXA Group*

Eric Chaney is the Chief Economist for AXA Group, providing economic research on macro trends and risks for the company and its entities. He was previously Chief Economist for Europe for Morgan Stanley. He is a regular columnist for international publications, including Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal.
*"AXA Group" refers to AXA, a French holding company for an international group of insurance and financial services companies, together with its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries, including AXA Equitable.

Dallas Salisbury/President & CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute

Dallas Salisbury joined EBRI at its founding in 1978. He has been honored with the Award for Professional Excellence from the Society for Human Resource Management, the Plan Sponsor Lifetime Achievement Award and the Keystone Award of World at Work.

Pamela Perun/Policy Director, Initiative on Financial Security, The Aspen Institute

Pamela Perun, Policy Director for the Initiative on Financial Security for the Aspen Institute, is a lawyer and psychologist who is an expert on retirement income policy issues. Aspen IFS’s recent report, “Savings for Life: A Pathway to Financial Security for All Americans,” makes key policy recommendations for increasing financial security – across income levels and at every stage of life – in America.

Peter Brady, Ph.D./Senior Economist, Investment Company Institute

Peter Brady studies the role of mutual funds in the retirement market, analyzing developments in the defined contribution and IRA markets. He has worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury and previously at the Federal Reserve Board.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (NY, NY)

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