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Financial Advisor
August 2010
Alan Lavine |
A Good Fit Immediate annuities fit well in retirement income plans.   |
Financial Advisor
May 2012
Alan Lavine |
Sudden Impact How can advisors minimize the effect of large losses in a retirement portfolio just when clients want to begin withdrawals? |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2004
J. Graham |
Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Annuities may sound good, but their costs overwhelm their benefits. Stockbrokers and financial advisors love to sell annuities because of the high commissions they reap. My ex-broker sold one to me, and it has proven to be the most restrictive, highest-cost, least-liquid, and poorest-performing investment in my portfolio. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
New Options in 401(k)s Immediate annuities and longevity insurance help tackle retirees' income conundrum. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Immediate Gratification New studies show that Immediate annuities add both income and stability to a retirement portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Rethinking the Need for Immediate Annuities With today's low interest rates, immediate annuities may serve as a good proxy for bonds in older clients' investment portfolios. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Pamela J. Black |
The Pros and Cons of Annuities With retirement accounts battered by the bear market, guaranteed income from a fixed annuity now has more appeal, especially for clients who may be too close to retirement to count on a rebound from equity markets alone. This article surveys types of annuities, tax implications, and fees. |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement? More Than You Think What you don't know can't hurt you, according to the old saying. When it comes to retirement planning, though, the old saying doesn't apply. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Retirement Income Products: A Wish List America faces a retirement crisis that is perhaps even bigger than the "47 million uninsured" crisis we face in healthcare. Which financial products can individuals purchase today to reduce the risk of outliving their assets? |
Registered Rep.
June 21, 2011
Alan Lavine |
A Good Match: Managed Payout Funds and Annuities Combining a managed payout mutual fund with a deferred immediate annuity may be a simple way to help clients plan for retirement. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
Robert Brokamp |
Annuities: Who Needs Them? Looking for an expensive, ho-hum way to save for retirement? Then an annuity might be for you. |
Registered Rep.
January 15, 2013
Alan Lavine |
Solving the Riddle of the Immediate Annuity Clients torn between leaving money to heirs or buying an immediate annuity? Here's how to help them decide. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
William Harding |
Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Len Reinhart |
Role Reversal The financial planning industry will have to meet the challenge of creating and managing portfolios that outlive their owners, provide inflation protection and guarantee financial peace of mind in the retirement years. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Live Long and Prosper How can you help clients balance their asset needs with longer life expectancies? Longevity insurance may do the trick. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Pamela J. Black |
How to Be a Retirement Planning Hero Fixing a client's retirement plan (to the extent possible) may be the best opportunity brokers have today to create new business. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Drivers of Annuity Sales Assets in annuities will jump to $2.9 trillion by 2012 -- a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% -- sparked by demographic trends and product development that addresses both guaranteed income and principal protection. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
John Nersesian |
Hatching a Nest Egg As the baby boomers approach retirement, financial planners will have to shift their focus from accumulation to distribution. Here's what matters. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
Buz Livingston |
Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Be careful, be very careful, when listening to sales pitches from insurance agents promoting retirement planning. Big commissions and poor performance can cost you. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
The Problem With a Long Life Academics are stepping forward, seeking to describe portfolios that will produce maximum returns while ensuring that retirees don't outlive their assets |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Dave Lindorff |
Annuity Ladders People facing retirement want guaranteed income, and they also want liquidity, so purchasing annuities over a period of time, even into retirement, makes sense. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2013
George Yacik |
Weighing a Pension Payout Take the money and run? It is a question advisors face as retirees get offered lump-sum bonanzas. |
Financial Advisor
September 2007
Alan Lavine |
Looking For Certainty Sponsors of 401(k) and 403(b) plans want employees to draw a stable source of retirement income from them. But it's a daunting task to manage a portfolio of mutual funds while withdrawing money, based on government-mandated minimum distribution rules. A few plan sponsors already have begun adding income replacement funds to solve this problem. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Strategy Will Save Your Retirement It's not just about income. Even retired investors can afford to invest a modest amount in growth stocks. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Thomas Scott |
What An Airline Crash Taught Me About Retirement Planning It doesn't take a catastrophic crash to cause significant injuries, in an airliner or in a retirement plan. As advisors, how can we best assure our clients will have an adequate income stream for their lifetimes? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Janet Aschkenasy |
Longevity Insurance Who needs immediate annuities? Maybe some of your clients. Since annuities can provide most of a retiree's income, retirees are not forced to sell portions of a diversified portfolio for income under adverse market conditions. |
Registered Rep.
November 16, 2010
Alan Lavine |
Growth Opportunities: Immediate Annuities And Qualified Retirement Plans There's a window of opportunity for financial advisors to build business: They can use annuities available in 401k plans to help workers with their post-retirement income. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2008
Stan Luxenberg |
Pay It Out Now that the Baby Boomer generation is retiring in droves, fund companies are focusing on a thorny question: How can retirees obtain reliable income from their investments? |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
Alan Lavine |
Sizing Up Annuities In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, the income guarantees offered by annuities have become quite attractive. The payouts are appealing, but do your homework. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Income Choices Retirement income is a growth industry, and the menu of products is expanding fast. Immediate annuities and variable annuities with living benefits are established products, while longevity insurance and standalone living benefits are more recent additions. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2009
Geoffrey Stiff |
When Your Client's Retirement Plan Is Washed Away, You Can Rebuild it Investors who are close to retirement are emerging from their storm cellars to assess the damage their retirement portfolios suffered during last year's financial tornados. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Mary Rowland |
The Fountain Of Extended Longevity Increasing life expectancies are -- or should be -- changing fundamental financial planning. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007
William Glasgall |
Income For Life? Well, We Hope So. A look at new products that are supposed to create "personal pensions" for your clients: Dividends Galore With ETFs... Mutual Funds Aim For Payouts... Advisors Warm To Immediate Annuities... etc. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Insuring Income You'd like to insure at least part of your client's income for life. But do you choose a variable annuity with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit? Or an immediate annuity? |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Foundation for Retirement Foundations and endowments can teach advisors strategies for constructing and maintaining retirement income portfolios. Here's a look at how. |
Financial Advisor
September 2012
Alan Lavine |
The Price Of Old Age Longevity insurance may appeal to some clients who want guaranteed income late in life. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Don't Count on This Retirement Cure-All Annuities might not be right for your retirement. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2008
Ellen Hoffman |
Retirement Words You Need to Know Before you make retirement decisions, make sure you understand the lingo. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: The Income Conundrum To address retirees' income issue head on, financial services executives have joined up to launch a new trade group, the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA). |
Registered Rep.
August 12, 2011
Diana Britton |
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Easy Monthly Payments (for Retirement) Nationwide's suggestions for retirement income: annuities in 401(k) plans. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Annuities Special: The Right Rider Boomers want guaranteed lifetime income, but don't want to buy an immediate annuity. Variable annuity issuers think they have a solution. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Retirement Income: The New Solutions The boomer retirement wave is here, and so are new products designed to turn their hoarded assets into cash flow. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006 |
Retirement Planning: News & Products Hoping to serve as a "catalyst for change," the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has some bleak news for Americans... MassMutual recently unveiled the Retirement Management Account (RMA)... etc. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
William Glasgall |
The New Retirement Wave Planners will need to seek innovative ways to help keep the baby boomers from exhausting their nest eggs. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Len Reinhart |
Multiple Choice No single product will meet all the needs of aging boomers. Advisers must develop strategies combining multiple products into retirement portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Will These Investments Beat Immediate Annuities? Annuities have a mixed reputation, but one variety -- immediate annuities -- have been steadily growing. Does their increasingly popularity make them right for you, or are there better ways to build a secure retirement income stream? |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Jim Frederick |
Building A Moat Advisors give longevity insurance another look as clients face longer life spans and financial anxiety. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
David J. Drucker |
Recreating The Paycheck Once a financial adviser has put a system in place that's working to everyone's satisfaction, there's always the issue of how much income clients really need in retirement. |
