
Despite Reservations, Sponsors’ Interest in Annuities is Growing
Advisers should be educated about annuities and how to analyze them to help plan sponsors decide the best products to use.
Why Annuities Are So Helpful in Today’s Market Environment
Thanks to increases in longevity and lower expected returns from stocks and bonds in the foreseeable future, annuities are now seen as a big part of the solution.
The Role of Guaranteed Minimum Benefit Riders in In-Plan Annuities
With some riders, participants can enjoy the upside of the market with downside protection.
Gen X Facing the Stark Reality of Retirement
More than any other generation, its members are receptive to in-plan guarantees.
The 5-Year ‘Test’
SECURE Act to Prompt Nearly Two-Thirds of Advisers to Consider Adopting In-Plan Guarantees
For their part, participants say they feel the pandemic has make their retirement savings more vulnerable.
PSNC 2020: Creating Income Streams for Participants
Panelists discussed how employers can add different lifetime income options into their plans and the appropriate products to use.
PANC 2020: What’s Next for In-Plan Retirement Income?
The SECURE Act will inevitably lead to more sponsors inquiring about in-plan income options, and advisers need to be ready.
BlackRock Offers Solution That Provides Retirement Paycheck
Two insurers have joined the effort to make lifetime income available in a simplified manner.

Investment Product and Service Launches
Tickeron develops AI analysis for 401(k)s, IPX adds extra annuity products for distribution, and Vanguard closes Treasury Money Market Fund.

PANC 2019: Unlocking the Retirement Income Dilemma
Sponsors are beginning to be willing to adapt their plans to accommodate retirees' lifetime income needs.
Will Trump Administration Prove Friendlier to Retirement Plan Innovators?
After previously failing to get DOL approval for a target-date fund design that involves an annuity and reinsurance component, LGIMA hopes the Trump Administration will more readily allow such private sector innovations.

Pension Risk Transfer on the Rise
Guaranteed Income Is Important
Casting DC Plans in a Retirement Income Light
Mike Sasso, with Portfolio Evaluations, and a professor at Boston University, explained a new way of thinking to get plan sponsors to focus on retirement income for participants.

Legislative and Judicial Actions

Various Approaches to In-Plan Income
DC Plan Sponsors Seek to Keep Assets in Their Plans
Notably, more than 60% of employers want to keep retirees in their plan, and they are looking to change their targeted communications to inspire action, Alight Solutions found.
Interest in Pension Risk Transfer Expected to Increase in 2019
The majority of DB plan sponsors plan to completely divest all of their company’s liabilities in the near future
