Tag: Retirement Income

Fifty-five percent of Americans planning to retire in the next seven years are confident in their ability to generate a suitable retirement income, according to a recent Cogent...

Drawing comparisons to the Pension Protection Act that codified best practices that were already in play, Chip Castille, managing director and head of U.S. & Canada Defined Contribution...

The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) has developed a scorecard that can evaluate the suitability of a retirement income strategy as an investment option within an employer-sponsored defined...

In its 2011 Defined Contribution Survey, BlackRock asked plan sponsors and participants to describe the allocation of responsibility they see in retirement plans.   

Most investors do not have a clear enough understanding of variable annuities (VAs) to appreciate the guaranteed income they can potentially provide, according to the results of a...

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has developed applications for use on BlackBerry smartphones, which cover retirement income and life insurance topics.

Less than five percent of advisers have shifted their practice to exclusively serve the Baby Boomer market, but researchers say this percentage is likely to grow.  

The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) is offering the Hueler Income Solutions platform to its plan sponsor member companies.

We had wrapped up a very successful half-day adviser event ahead of our annual Awards for Excellence dinner last week.   

When some of the country’s top retirement plan advisers gathered last week to discuss retirement income, Jim Brockelman, Managing Director at Putnam, pointed out that the entire topic...

About one-third of participants using Putnam Investments’ Lifetime Income Analysis Tool have made changes to their deferral rates. 

Putnam Investments announced plans to offer a suite of income-oriented funds that aim to help Boomers and retirees develop strategies based on their risk tolerance.  

Working Americans are a lot less confident about their retirement prospects, according to a new report. 

Investment consultants, expecting lower capital market returns and more volatility, support broader asset diversification and custom target-date strategies for defined contribution plans.

MetLife, Inc. and PIMCO have created a retirement income solution that combines investment and insurance products.

Transamerica introduced Retirement Income Max, an optional living benefit rider, available with Transamerica’s suite of variable annuities.

LPL Financial has introduced a platform that allows for discretionary management of variable annuity assets for LPL Financial-affiliated advisers.

For years, retirement education focused on the need to save; but as Baby Boomers are starting to reach retirement, they’ll have to turn that accumulation into a source...

We’re seeing a renewed focus on retirement income of late, and for good reason. 

Financial Engines has rolled out what it calls “the first retirement income solution designed specifically for 401(k) plans.”