Why Irrational Retirement blog?
I know it`s hard to believe, but I find retirement saving very interesting, especially the part about human behaviour when it comes to saving, investing and spending retirement savings. Since I also like to write and share my thoughts, the idea of putting together a blog always sounded like a good idea. In July 2020 I finally went against my status quo and started this blog where I will share my thoughts on behavioral biases related to retirement saving and how we can turn them around to help more people save more for retirement.
Some more things I wrote:
- Why Five and Not Eight? How Round Number Bias Can Reduce Your Nest Egg. (2018, The Behavioral Scientist Magazine)
- Why Optimism is Good for Many things, but not Pension Saving (2019, The Decision Lab)
- Don`t anchor yourself in bad investments (2020, Finance newspaper)
- How to Increase Your Savings While Spending (2021, The Behavioral Scientist Magazine, co-wrote with Seda Peksevim)
Some conferences I presented at:
DCIIA / SPARK Summer Public Policy Forum Series (US, 2020) – Panel: Will Europe Embrace DC Savings?
DCIIA / SPARK Global Public Policy Series (US, 2021) – Panel: What Will Drive the DC Systems of the Future?
The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN AM Interview 2021 | How to increase your savings while spending)
CBBA-Europe Annual Conference (Brussels, 2022) – Panel: The complex path to cross border occupational pensions.
The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN AM Interview 2022 | Slovenia surpasses the U.S./U.K in the latest global retirement index)
Society, Economy and Finances in the Face of Market and Demographic Volatility organized by PRF Portal PPK (Warsaw, 2023) – Panel: Behavioral economics in retirement awareness.
Challenge of Change conference organized by Zagreb Stock Exchange (Rovinj, 2023) – Panel: Trends in European pension funds development.
2nd International Conference and Sharing Experience Session organized by PRF Portal PPK (Warsaw, 2024) – Panel: Balancing education and data security on Pensions dashboards
Bloomberg Adria Slovenia Interview on the upcoming pension reform in Slovenia and auto enrollment in retiremement plans (Ljubljana, 2024)
At the London Stock Exchange participating in a dynamic panel on strengthening capital markets through pension reform (London 2024).
Money-How podcast talking about public and private pensions (2025)
AmCham Slovenia Business Breakfast on the topic of Slovenia`s capital markets (Ljubljana 2025).
Had the opportunity to meet with the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, Maria Luís Albuquerque. We discussed the Commission’s strategy for strengthening capital markets and building the Savings and Investments Union.
Money-How podcast talking about the psychology of saving/investing (August 2026)
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