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Rising Flows for Active U.S. Stock Funds
Wed, May 19, 2010
Target-date funds continued to gather assets, with inflows of $20.5 billion in 2010 through April.
Industry Views
Annuity Issuers Slowly Enter The Digital Age
Annuity issuers are making a concerted effort to implement and promote paperless document delivery services.
401(k)s: They’re Not (Necessarily) Just for Employees Any More
A growing number of 401(k) plan sponsors, retirees, record keepers and regulators want retirees to stay in their plans well into, or even straight through, retirement, PIMCO has found.
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Research
First Quarter Index Annuity Sales Down 3.9%: AnnuitySpecs
Wed, May 19, 2010
In the first quarter, Allianz Life again led all issuers with a 20% market share. Its MasterDex X was the top selling product for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Nervous Americans Not Flocking to Annuities
Wed, May 19, 2010
Total annuity sales for the first quarter were $47.4 billion, down 6.9% from $50.9 billion in the previous quarter, and down 27%, from $64.4 billion in the first quarter of 2009.
The Savings Sweepstakes
Wed, May 05, 2010
Lottery-like savings programs aren’t widely legal in the U.S., but a Harvard Business School professor believes they could inspire more low and middle-income Americans to save.
