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UK pensions race to de-risk before Brexit; 'The environment' ranks low when choosing investments: Allianz Life; OASDI reserves rise $3 billion and gain a year of viability; CBO expects...
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Great American launches two three-year FIAs; Allianz Life backs a structured note platform; Guilbert becomes division president at Symetra Life; Broadridge to buy TD Ameritrade retirement unit.
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IRI issues 4Q 2018 annuity sales report; iPipeline favors “best interest” rule in New York; Vestwell, a retirement plan fintech, raises $30 million; Vanguard brings new active commodities fund...
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Ubiquity raising $19 million to finance small plan recordkeeping software; Gen-Xers are a lost generation in the workplace: MetLife; Betsy Palmer takes top communications job at AIG; New 3.05%...
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Global Atlantic and RiverSource complete reinsurance deal; Empower Retirement partners with advisory firms on 401(k) managed accounts; Among women, good intentions about retirement go unfulfilled: Lincoln; Life/annuity industry income...
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Prudential promotes “sidecar” savings plan for emergencies; Student loan payments are eligible for partial match in Travelers 401(k) plan; Athene attributes losses to adverse interest rate, equity market conditions.
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Nick Lane becomes president of AXA Equitable Life; MassMutual reports record revenues for 2018; 'Alexa, What's my Principal Flash Briefing?'; eMoney launches Foundational Planning; Ricki Ingalls joins Retirement Clearinghouse.
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Murphy succeeds Reynolds at Great-West, Investors flock to emerging market ETFs: TrimTabs, AIG garners DALBAR awards.
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Sweeping bipartisan retirement bill reintroduced; OneAmerica and Broadridge create Collective Investment Trust data resource; Empower launches Snapchat and Instagram campaigns; Equity funds rebound in January: TrimTabs; Oregon auto-IRA program...
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In Georgia (Europe), auto-enrollment faces legal challenge; Investors start to sweat over global warming: MSCI.
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iPipeline processes 240,000 annuity transactions in 2018; Duke University settles 'excessive fee' lawsuit; Oceanwide-Genworth merger moves ahead.
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Advances in ‘A.I.’ favor direct channel growth: Cerulli; Securian offers new multi-year guaranteed annuity; Small employers warm to retirement plans: LIMRA; Citigroup settles 401(k) fiduciary lawsuit for $6.9 million.
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Transamerica is sued by its own 401(k) participants; ETFs added $47 billion in November; Alight and Advizr in financial wellness partnership; AIG buys UK group life company.
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Fed raises benchmark rate by 25 basis points; A.M. Best affirms the ‘A’ ratings of AXA Equitable Life; DPL Financial’s insurance platform for RIAs to offer no-commission Security Benefit...
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Milliman launches “Account Lock” for participants; Principal appoints new president of Retirement and Income Solutions; Wells Fargo offers retirement planning resources to participants; Two executive appointments at Northwestern Mutual;...
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Investors Heritage enters fixed annuity business, MassMutual names Carroll as new head of Workplace Distribution, TIAA Bank acquires leases and loans from GE Capital’s healthcare business.
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RetireOne platform to offer Great American Index Protector 7 FIA; OneAmerica crosses $2bn mark in retirement plan sales; 401(k) balances reach new high-water marks: Fidelity; Empower offers new platform...
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New CEO at Thrivent, Prudential announces $3.2 billion in pension risk transfer deals, new FIA for retirement savings from American Equity, Concord Coalition warns about growing federal deficit and...
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Shlomo Benartzi to partner with Acorns, a financial wellness system; AIG acquires Glatfelter Insurance Group; Principal adds chat function for plan administrators and bolsters financial wellness offerings in its...
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New Jackson National campaign depicts aging as beginning, not an end; T. Rowe Price’s new ad campaign explains its active management philosophy; Global Atlantic announces annuity product ‘overhaul.'
