Life-Cycle Investing: Financial Education and Consumer Protection

Abstract

The third conference on the future of life-cycle saving and investing, entitled “Financial Education and Consumer Financial Protection,” was held at the Boston University School of Management on 23–25 May 2011. Like the previous two conferences, it was organized by Professor Zvi Bodie of Boston University and financially supported by the Research Foundation of CFA Institute, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Boston University. Also as in the previous conferences, speakers from a wide variety of disciplines, not just finance, offered their perspectives.

Keywords: financial education, consumer protection

JEL Classification: N2