An Annuity’s ‘Moneyness’? There’s an App for That

How will variable annuity contract owners use their income benefits? That question is vital to annuity issuers and to fiduciary advisers with clients who own VAs. This Texas Dep't of Insurance actuary knows a product that can help them find out.
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Where’s the Infrastructure for Infrastructure Renewal?

By Kerry Pechter
Infrastructure renewal is long overdue in the US. We can come up with the money. But we don't currently have the institutions or the processes that will be needed to manage such a broad, complicated, long-term undertaking.

Honorable Mention

By Editorial Staff
Pentegra launches Pooled Employer Plan; Betterment’s AUM rises to $29 billion; Symetra creates its own RIA; Ubiquity adds ESG options to 401(k) investment lineup.  

A Surprise from IRS about Inherited IRA Distributions

By Wagner Law Group
IRS Pub 590-B presents a conundrum. It appears to deprive owners of inherited IRAs (already deprived by SECURE Act of the 'stretch IRA') to take distributors annually, rather than distributing the IRA's contents within 10 years.

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April 15, 2021

A Chip Off the Old Rock?

By Kerry Pechter
Bloomberg reported this week that Prudential is considering selling its retirement plan recordkeeping business. Prudential didn't confirm the report, but several industry insiders did. Low interest rates, high costs of IT makeovers, and ...
April 8, 2021

What’s Cooking at ‘Income Lab’?

By Kerry Pechter
At their software start-up, Income Lab, three former Jackson National Life executives want to help advisers help clients optimize retirement income. They enter a financial planning field dominated by MoneyGuidePro and eMoney Advisor.
April 1, 2021

Security Benefit Life’s Secret Sauce

By Kerry Pechter
Joe Wittrock, CIO at Security Benefit Life, explains how the firm's investments outperform. Eldridge Industries, run by ex-Guggenheim president Todd Boehly, owns SBL, Billboard magazine (right, with Billie Eilish on the cover) and lots...