Educating Participants About Lifetime Income Projections Is Key
Retirement plan advisers and plan sponsors are ramping up support so participants will understand newly implemented projected lifetime income illustrations on their plan statements.
Advisers Have Window to Help Women Strengthen Retirement Readiness
A survey shows that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many women feel they are on the wrong track for retirement.
FT Social Security Optimizer Adds LifeYield Income Layers
The updated Franklin Templeton solution presents an easy-to-understand estimate of available income from different asset sources, while modeling an investor’s needs and goals over time.
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.
IRS Issues Supplemental SECURE Act Guidance
Though many in the industry remain focused on addressing the challenges of the pandemic, major changes to the U.S. retirement planning landscape continue to unfold, thanks to the SECURE Act.
In the Near Future
IRS Private Letter Ruling Solves Crucial Annuity Transaction Friction Point
A new IRS private letter ruling essentially conforms the tax treatment of properly structured advisory fees from non-qualified annuity contracts to those paid out of qualified accounts, which typically are not treated as taxable distributions.
New Index Asks, Who Is Actually Very Confident About Retirement?
In order to boost Americans’ retirement outlook, there are a number of practical things that retirement plan advisers and sponsors can do, Jamie Ohl, president of the retirement business at Lincoln Financial Group, tells PLANADVISER.
BlackRock Calls for Expanding Access to Retirement Plans
One measure is to encourage MEPs by eliminating the “nexus” requirement.
IRI Issues Retirement Security Blueprint
The detailed report is aimed at expanding opportunities to save and increasing access to lifetime income products, among other efforts.
Campaign Waged to Raise Awareness of Retirement Savings
The Bipartisan Policy Center and Ric Edelman announce the launch of “Funding Our Future: A Campaign for America’s Retirement Security.”