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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. |
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. |
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 September 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
Income from Where? Financial advisors are realizing the mean variance efficient frontier model is flawed for retirement planning. The main shortcoming is its focus on a portfolio's risk-return tradeoff in terms of returns rather than generation of sustainable 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 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? |
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 January 2008 Marla Brill |
Great Expectations The latest version of retirement income funds from Fidelity and Vanguard mark the mutual fund industry's most ambitious effort yet to remove much of the decision-making associated with retirement investment and distribution planning. |
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. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Tracey Longo |
Living Long, Living Well A handful of insurers and advisors have been touting "longevity insurance" for several years now -- an income annuity-based product they hoped would catch fire with retirees frightened of going broke. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Len Reinhart |
Retirement Hedges To meet your clients' needs, your process will have to include planning for each stage of their retirement years. If used correctly, alternative investments can reduce risk in lifetime investment plans. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 |
News & Products Second wave of products help address the retirement income conundrum... Fidelity Investments has unveiled a group of retirement income products... etc. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Eric Rasmussen |
Seeking Redemption Managed payout funds stumbled in their debut, but mutual fund companies still think there's a place for them. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Retirement NOW The idea of retirement has changed from a brief, blissful rest at the end of life to almost a second youth, with relatively few responsibilities, increased mobility and vast, open swaths of free time. |
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. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 Alan Lavine |
A Good Fit Immediate annuities fit well in retirement income plans. |
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 August 2006 Kathleen M. Mcbride |
News: Ibbotson on Asset Allocation Here Roger Ibbotson, chairman and CEO of hedge fund Zebra Capital Management, discusses how advisors can guide their clients to retirement portfolio allocations that fund longer retirements, as well as keep them comfortable when markets gyrate. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Taking the Sting Out of Taxes For high-net-worth investors, tax-sheltered accounts offer special opportunities. Because they need not worry about exhausting savings, wealthy clients can use shelters creatively to derive maximum tax and investing benefits. |
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 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? |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Mary Rowland |
The Fountain Of Extended Longevity Increasing life expectancies are -- or should be -- changing fundamental financial planning. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Mark Miller |
Five Ways to Change Your Clients' Retirement Math These basic moves can make a big difference. |
Financial Advisor August 2008 Jef Schlegel |
The Clock Is Ticking If you believe the hype, the retirement picture isn't pretty. How secure are your clients' retirement plans? |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Brian Gaffney |
Attitude Adjustment Today, more than a year after the fall of Lehman Brothers, investors seem to be breathing a bit easier. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Jim Grote |
What Retirement Means Now To your affluent clients, retirement anxiety has as much to do with emotional issues as financial ones. The newest thinking adds human capital, everything from earning capacity to feelings of personal satisfaction, to the funding equation. |
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 April 1, 2005 Jerome S. Golden |
Paying It Forward Immediate annuities can add income security and wealth accumulation to the retirement mix. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2004 Ann Cullen |
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors Risk-reward. Rising interest rates. Stocks or bonds. There's lots to ponder when setting asset allocation strategy. And the answers might not come with "conventional wisdom." |
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. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Ilana Polyak |
Annuities, Revisited Financial advisors who once sneered at annuities are now realizing that they could be a magic bullet. |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Bruce W. Fraser |
Bonus Content - A New Golden Pond A new generation of baby boomers faces retirement -- and new uncertainties. Advisors are going to have to not focus just on asset accumulation for clients but also on expense management to protect clients from outliving their assets. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
Switching From Offense To Defense Financial planners look at the critical zone in the five years before and after retirement. |
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. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Greg Salsbury |
Harvest Time As Americans live longer, advisors need to switch their emphasis from accumulating assets to making existing assets last. |
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 Advisor January 2009 Marla Brill |
Failure To Launch Advisors have little or no leeway to adjust positions in needs-based or all-in-one investment vehicles, such as 529 plans and target funds, and make changes when the market is melting down. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Melanie Waddell |
More Annuities Used in Income Portfolios Advisors are increasingly turning to annuities to help cover their clients' basic needs in retirement. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Meeting the Need for Income A host of financial services firms are coming out with new products to help advisors protect their retirees' income streams. Here's a rundown of some of the companies' offerings. |
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. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Kathleen M. McBride |
Built to Last Although their strategies vary, Rob Arnott and his investment advisor peers are hewing to a long-term focus on fundamentals, valuations, costs, and taxes. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning. |
Financial Advisor August 2012 Robert Kreitler |
Drawing A Hard Line How advisors can use critical path strategies to provide cash flow in retirement. |
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. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Ignoring the Bear And Other Mistakes Retirees Make Advisors can greatly increase their clients' odds of success by steering them away from some of the most common -- and damaging -- retirement mistakes. Here are some of the biggies to avoid: Counting on steady returns... Forgetting about taxes... etc. |
On Wall Street January 1, 2012 John Diehl |
Lifting The Cloud Over Annuities Anyone who sells annuities knows two things to be true: annuities can deliver significant value to clients and they are also one of the most misunderstood financial products on the market. |
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 January 2009 Ray Fazzi |
Retirement Dreams Deferred Vanguard Group's Fran Kinniry addresses why what some call the lost decade for equities shouldn't cause clients to bail at just the wrong time. |
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. |