Income Planning
Learn what experts and top advisors say about the best ways to work with clients to determine and build successful retirement income plans.
January 14, 2008
Magellan Fund Reopens to New InvestorsAdvisors will be able to buy Fidelity's Magellan fund for new investors for the first time since September 30, 1997, Fidelity Investments announced on January 14. Because of redemptions by investors who had invested in Magellan for their retirement accounts, and are now poised to take distributions, the fund has...
January 01, 2008
How Prepared Are Advisors To Meet The Income Planning Challenge?A question that is surfacing among income planning experts is just how prepared advisors are to meet the needs and challenges of this relatively new area of financial advice.
January 01, 2008
Recession Fears Changing Money HabitsWhen 40% of Americans say their top New Year's resolution is paying off credit card debt, and 39% say their priority in 2008 will be...
January 01, 2008
Retirement News and ProductsLong-term care costs continue to rise. According to a recent study commissioned by New York Life Insurance Company's Long-Term Care Division, the average cost for...
January 01, 2008
An Evolutionary Model of ChangeIs there even one financial advisor in the U.S. who isn't aware of the increasingly intense focus placed on boomer retirement? Driven by demographics and...
January 01, 2008
Innovation in InsuranceRetirement income distribution -- it's the talk of the trade. And no one is in a better position to capitalize on the ?ber-dollar opportunity than...
January 01, 2008
Which QDIA Is Best?If you ask industry consultants what kind of effect qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) will have on the investment advisory industry and retiring boomers, they'll...
December 27, 2007
The Hartford Snaps Up Sun Life Retirement Services, TopNogginThe Hartford Financial Services Group recently acquired Boston-based Sun Life Retirement Services (RSI) from the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc., and TopNoggin, a Powell, Ohio-based defined benefit and administrative consulting firm.
December 27, 2007
More Small Businesses to Adopt 401(k) PlansThe micro and small business segment of corporate America has, until now, been relatively underserved by the retirement finance industry, but according to retirement experts like Mark Gutrich, president of Denver-based ePlan Services, it is set to see a marked increase in 401(k) plans in 2008 and beyond, largely as...
December 18, 2007
Gender Gap in Retirement Savings NarrowingThe Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examined in its November 2007 EBRI Issue Brief the percentage of working women participating in a retirement plan, how participation differs from men, and how the "gender gap" in retirement coverage is changing.