Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
How Are Advisors Managing in a Low-Rate Environment?
By Gil WeinreichSurvey finds that advisors are turning to dividend-paying stocks and guaranteed solutions while RIAs act differently than other advisors.
April 10, 2012
Cogent: Advisor Usage of ETFs Rose 10% in 2011, Outpacing Other ProductsThe report reveals that 66% of advisors now sell ETFs, up from 60% in in 2010, 55% in 2009 and 46% in 2007. The percent change between 2007 and 2011 is 43%, outpacing the four-year percent change of mutual funds (2%), individual securities (5%), variable annuities (4%), separately managed accounts...
April 10, 2012
Cogent: Advisor Usage of ETFs Rose 10% in 2011, Outpacing Other ProductsThe report reveals that 66% of advisors now sell ETFs, up from 60% in in 2010, 55% in 2009 and 46% in 2007. The percent change between 2007 and 2011 is 43%, outpacing the four-year percent change of mutual funds (2%), individual securities (5%), variable annuities (4%), separately managed accounts...
April 02, 2012
Did 2008 Make the Case for Variable Annuities?A new survey finds consumers and financial advisors that are increasingly concerned about meeting retirement goals are turning to variable annuities.
April 02, 2012
Advisor Recommendations of VAs Up Dramatically Since 2008Advisors have dramatically increased their recommendations of variable annuities since the 2008 credit crisis, mostly in response to greater client demand for guaranteed income, according to a new survey.
March 29, 2012
Sell Only Variable Annuities? Plans Change, and so Should You.Risk averse clients are better off with an indexed annuity.
March 29, 2012
Sell Only Variable Annuities? Plans Change, and so Should You.Risk averse clients are better off with an indexed annuity.
March 28, 2012
Key Themes Arise from UBS Asset Gathering ConferenceBoth public and private insurers, asset managers, distributors and consultants strove to take the collective temperature of the asset gathering industry while highlighting expected trends at UBSs seventh annual Asset Gathering Conference held in Boston from March 22-23