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    "abstract": "Scanlan testified as Managing Director and head of BGI's Americas institutional business at the 110th Congress hearing on H.R. 3185. He supported fee disclosure by category to plan sponsors, conflict-of-interest disclosure, DOL standardized fund fact sheets, simplified participant disclosures, and bringing DB plan investment disciplines into the DC marketplace. He identified three root causes of DC plan failure: inadequate contributions; low returns with high fees; and lack of a distribution strategy.",
    "audienceType": "U.S. House of Representatives committee",
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        "name": "Bradford P. Campbell",
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      },
      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "David Certner",
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      },
      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Tommy Thomasson",
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      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Lew Minsky",
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      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Jon C. Chambers",
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    "date": "2007-10-04",
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      "city": "Washington",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": "DC"
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    "role": "Witness",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/hr-3185-the-401k-fair-disclosure-for-retirement-security-act-of-2007",
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/testimony-401k-fair-disclosure-for-retirement-security-act/"
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    "slidesUrl": "https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/imo/media/doc/100407MatthewScanlanTestimony.pdf",
    "title": "Testimony on H.R. 3185, the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007",
    "topic": "401(k) fee disclosure and retirement security; bringing defined benefit investment disciplines to defined contribution plans",
    "venue": "Room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building"
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  {
    "abstract": "Scanlan spoke at a BGI news conference announcing the SponsorMatch DC annuity product, describing it as a technology aimed at bringing the best of defined benefit investing into defined contribution options.",
    "audienceType": "Press / industry",
    "coSpeakers": [
      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Kristi Mitchem",
        "sameAs": ""
      }
    ],
    "date": "2007",
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    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": "New York"
    },
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    },
    "role": "Spokesperson",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.pionline.com/article/20071015/PRINT/71012051/annuities-meet-their-match",
      "https://www.investmentnews.com/retirement-planning/barclays-adds-annuity-feature-to-401ks/11749",
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/bgi-sponsormatch-dc-annuity-product-launch/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "BGI SponsorMatch / DC Annuity Product Launch",
    "topic": "Launch of BGI SponsorMatch, a defined contribution annuity product; 14 patent claims filed on the process",
    "venue": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Scanlan presented findings from the BGI study at a news briefing, stating that one-half of all middle-class Americans will have one-quarter less in retirement than they realize.",
    "audienceType": "Press / industry",
    "coSpeakers": [
      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Jonathan Cohen",
        "sameAs": ""
      },
      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Matthew O'Hara",
        "sameAs": ""
      }
    ],
    "date": "2008-04-29",
    "eventName": "",
    "kgmid": "",
    "location": {
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": ""
    },
    "performanceType": "",
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    },
    "role": "Co-author / Spokesperson",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.plansponsor.com/retirement-might-be-worse-than-we-think/",
      "https://www.pionline.com/article/20080512/ONLINE/982934465/new-briefs-more-stable-value-funds-grandfathered-into-qdia",
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/release-of-the-future-shock-of-retirement-study/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Release of 'The Future Shock of Retirement' Study",
    "topic": "Retirement security research; risks to middle-class retirement wealth from Social Security and home equity assumptions",
    "venue": ""
  },
  {
    "abstract": "Testifying as CEO and President of Renaissance Institutional Management, Scanlan appeared jointly with former BGI colleague Carter Lyons. He spoke about defined benefit plans, arguing they offer the most robust form of retirement security due to professional asset management, reduced costs from commingling, and diversification of longevity risk, and advocated short-term DB funding relief. A noted quote: 'Retirement is an income driven process and we're living in a lump sum world.'",
    "audienceType": "U.S. Department of Labor advisory council",
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      {
        "kgmid": "",
        "name": "Carter Lyons",
        "sameAs": ""
      }
    ],
    "date": "2009-07-21",
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    "location": {
      "city": "Washington",
      "country": "United States",
      "stateProvince": "DC"
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    },
    "role": "Witness (CEO and President, Renaissance Institutional Management)",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/dol-erisa-advisory-council-testimony-on-retirement-security/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "DOL ERISA Advisory Council Testimony on Approaches to Retirement Security",
    "topic": "Defined benefit and defined contribution plan design; retirement security; short-term DB funding relief",
    "venue": "U.S. Department of Labor"
  },
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    "date": "2012-09-01",
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    "role": "Guest Lecturer",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-research/asset-management-practicum/speakers-events/",
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/implications-of-the-retirement-crisis-for-asset-managers/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Implications of the Retirement Crisis for Asset Managers",
    "topic": "Kellogg School of Management Asset Management Practicum Spring 2011 to Winter 2012",
    "venue": "Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University"
  },
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    "date": "2021-09-01",
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    "role": "Guest Lecturer",
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      "https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-research/asset-management-practicum/speakers-events/",
      "https://matthewscanlan.com/speaking/trends-in-private-equity-and-institutional-investing/"
    ],
    "slidesUrl": "",
    "title": "Trends in Private Equity and Institutional Investing",
    "topic": "Kellogg School of Management Asset Management Practicum Spring 2021 to Winter 2022",
    "venue": "Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University"
  }
]