THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ARCHIVE

Client Material: The Potential Benefits and Features of Working Longer

Deciding when to retire is a personal choice your clients will make based on many factors. How they plan for that day can be both exciting and stressful with many complex questions. Share this piece with clients to help answer key retirement planning questions.

Considering COLI in a Tight Labor Market

Interview with David Mohr, Head of COLI Sales and Distribution at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual)

Glide Paths Within the Glide Path

The allocation process for a target-date fund may be more than shifting from equities to fixed income over time. Instead, to maintain an appropriate balance at different lifecycle stages, there may be numerous glide paths involving subcategories of the primary debt and equity asset classes, along with alternatives.

Voice of the American Worker

Franklin Templeton’s survey results indicate the need for financial wellness personalization.

Expert Voice: Ed Farrington

Executive Vice President, Institutional and Retirement, Natixis Investment Managers

Add Financial Stress to the Symptoms—and the Cost—of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Financial stress has increased among American workers as the pandemic has continued, adding to the costs borne by employers. Plan sponsors, financial professionals, and recordkeepers can work together to reinforce the basics of improving financial wellness—it’s what workers are looking for.

Choice and Simplicity

Interview with Sandy McCarthy

Why COLI? Why MassMutual?

Interview with Mark Laramee, Managing Director of COLI Sales, Institutional Solutions

Driven through Differentiators

Interview with Sandy McCarthy, Retirement Services President, OneAmerica

Keeping Stable Value Options Stable

15% of participants select a stable value option for their DC plan account if one is made available to them—about twice as many as those participants selecting money market funds—making stable value a significant part of a plan lineup.