Editorial Staff, Author at Retirement Income Journal

Watchdog group decries change in swaps regulation

By Editorial Staff Tue, Dec 16, 2014

MapLight, which tracks the influence of money in U.S. politics, claims that the four banks benefiting most from last week's relaxation of rules against swaps trading by federally-insured banks...

Published December 18, 2014

Nationwide Settles 401k Fee Suit for $140M

By Editorial Staff Mon, Dec 15, 2014

"This is the most substantial settlement ever in an ERISA fiduciary breach case involving the receipt of revenue sharing by a service provider. It is... nearly 10 times greater...

Published December 18, 2014

Assets keep flowing toward index and exchange-traded funds

By Editorial Staff

PIMCO's firm-level outflows slowed to $12.8 billion after much larger redemptions in September and October. Janus, with Bill Gross on board, experienced its second positive month in November after...

Published December 18, 2014

Towers Watson cuts out middleman in longevity risk transfer deals

By Editorial Staff

Towers Watson’s service, Longevity Direct, will give pension funds access to a “ready made insurance cell,” which it said could write insurance and reinsurance contracts for longevity swap transactions.

Published December 18, 2014

Ruark Publishes Biannual VA Usage Study

By Editorial Staff Thu, Dec 4, 2014

Many owners of variable annuities with lifetime income riders are not using their benefits as efficiently as they could, Ruark found. They often draw down too much or too...

Published December 4, 2014

Mature Americans need retirement advice (desperately)

By Editorial Staff

The oft-cited “four percent rule” for a safe withdrawal rate in retirement is unfamiliar to seven in ten Americans (69%), according to a survey by The American College. Sixteen...

Published December 4, 2014

Hungarians protest end of state-sponsored DC plan

By Editorial Staff

Despite a protest march in Budapest, the government has threatened to shut down the last four funds in the “second-pillar” system unless they can prove that at least 70%...

Published December 4, 2014

Genworth introduces FIA with income rider

By Editorial Staff

The new product, SecureLiving Growth+, includes four crediting methods and a lifetime income option with a 1.10% annual charge.

Published December 4, 2014

Income options in DC plans still rare: PSCA

By Editorial Staff

The Plan Sponsor Council of America has released its 57th Annual Survey of Profit-Sharing and 401(k) Plans, with data on 613 plans with eight million participants and $832 billion...

Published December 4, 2014

How Jackson National uses iPads to compete

By Editorial Staff

“At the beginning of this year we started giving our wholesalers iPads instead of laptops,” said Jackson vice president Luis Gomez. “As they visited advisors and went through...

Published December 4, 2014

The Bucket

By Editorial Staff

Brief or late-breaking items from New York Life, Fidelity Institutional, Northwestern Mutual Life, Aviva and the Illinois state legislature.

Published December 4, 2014

Jackson Ad 12-4-2014

By Editorial Staff Mon, Dec 1, 2014

Jackson Ad 12-4-2014

Published December 4, 2014

Fidelity & Guaranty Life’s FIA sales doubled in fiscal 2014

By Editorial Staff Thu, Nov 27, 2014

Harbinger's CEO and chairman, Philip Falcone (in photo) will resign Dec. 1, to focus on HC2 Holdings and Harbinger Capital Partners. He will depart with a bonus of $20.5...

Published November 28, 2014

Competitiveness of U.S. public equity markets called ‘weak’

By Editorial Staff

U.S. share of global IPOs by foreign companies sits at 9.0%, continuing the trend of foreign companies avoiding U.S. equity markets. This measure remains far below the average...

Published November 28, 2014

A VA with a little bit of everything, from Principal

By Editorial Staff

The product has a current M&E fee of 1%. Fund expense ratios range from a low of 0.65% to a high of 2.63%.

Published November 28, 2014

Vanguard continues to dominate fund in-flows

By Editorial Staff

Vanguard funds saw inflows of $17.45 billion in October and $165.4 billion for the first ten months of 2014. YTD, Dimensional Fund Advisors was second with $24.4 billion.

Published November 28, 2014

The staid world of Dutch pensions is evolving: ABP

By Editorial Staff

Government, education and civil service pension ABP, which has 2.8 million participants in a country of less than 17 million, pointed to trends in the Netherlands that may...

Published November 28, 2014

Canadians feel as insecure about retirement as we do

By Editorial Staff

LIMRA's new report, 'Ready, Set, Retire? Not So Fast!... Revisited: A Canadian Consumer Retirement Study,' is a follow-up to two previous studies that LIMRA conducted in Canada.

Published November 28, 2014

Indexed and deferred income annuity sales shine in 3Q2014: LIMRA

By Editorial Staff Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Deferred income annuity (DIA) sales reached $670 million in the third quarter, 21% higher than the prior year, according to LIMRA's Secure Retirement Institute. In the first nine months...

Published November 20, 2014

Life/annuity stocks struggle as low interest rates persist: A.M. Best

By Editorial Staff

With an appreciation of 7.6%, Voya Financial, Inc. was the best performing life/annuity stock in the third quarter of 2014, according to A.M. Best. With a share price decline...

Published November 20, 2014

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Articles by Author: Editorial Staff

Watchdog group decries change in swaps regulation

Nationwide Settles 401k Fee Suit for $140M

Assets keep flowing toward index and exchange-traded funds

Towers Watson cuts out middleman in longevity risk transfer deals

Ruark Publishes Biannual VA Usage Study

Mature Americans need retirement advice (desperately)

Hungarians protest end of state-sponsored DC plan

Genworth introduces FIA with income rider

Income options in DC plans still rare: PSCA

How Jackson National uses iPads to compete

The Bucket

Jackson Ad 12-4-2014

Fidelity & Guaranty Life’s FIA sales doubled in fiscal 2014

Competitiveness of U.S. public equity markets called ‘weak’

A VA with a little bit of everything, from Principal

Vanguard continues to dominate fund in-flows

The staid world of Dutch pensions is evolving: ABP

Canadians feel as insecure about retirement as we do

Indexed and deferred income annuity sales shine in 3Q2014: LIMRA

Life/annuity stocks struggle as low interest rates persist: A.M. Best

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