The Retirement Income Industry Association recently announced the winners of its first Practitioner Thought Leadership Award at its 2011 Spring Conference in Chicago.
Zachary S. Parker, CFP, director of annuities and insurance, and Paul R. Lofties, CFP, ChFC, vice president of wealth management and acquisitions for Securities America, were presented with the award by Bruce Wolfe, CFA, Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors which is the founding sponsor of the Thought Leadership Award program.
In addition, the award-winning paper developed by Parker and Lofties, "Capturing the Income Distribution Opportunity: A Historical Analysis of Distribution Philosophies and a Solution for Today", was featured in the inaugural issue of the Retirement Management Journal. Also sponsored by Allianz Global Investors, the RMJ is the first peer-reviewed publication serving the needs of financial advisors, practitioners, executives, and scholars who are interested in all topics relating to retirement-income planning and management.
