A Few of Our Best Income Strategies

For today’s issue of RIJ, we’ve retrieved several of our best income-planning articles from our archives. In each case, the adviser goes beyond the “safe withdrawal” method to design a customized, outcome-driven solution for the client.
Anecdotal Evidence

In Defense of ‘Buffered’ Annuities

By Kerry Pechter
A Wall Street Journal's article last weekend ('An Imperfect Solution to a Calamity') could have put structured variable annuities (aka registered index-linked annuities) in a much more positive light.

Mixed forecast for active ETFs: Cerulli

By Editorial Staff
ETF issuers are looking to develop more active products that can earn higher fees. Almost half of issuers say they are developing (20%) or planning to develop (27%) non-transparent active ETF products.

YTD annuity sales up 7.5% over 2018: IRI

By Editorial Staff
'We anticipate next quarter sales to be flat with an upward bias given the steepening yield curve, as well as rising corporate bond rates and lower market volatility,' said Beacon Annuity Solutions CEO Jeremy Alexander.

What rollover IRA owners are thinking

By Editorial Staff
59% of US households with traditional IRAs in mid-2019, or 21 million US households, had accounts that included rollover assets from employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to a recent survey by the Investment Company Institute.

COVER STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

December 5, 2019

‘SIMON’ Makes Indexed Annuities Simpler

By Kerry Pechter
Originally a platform for distributing structured notes to broker-dealers, SIMON is adding index-linked annuities to its product suite. Prudential is both an investor and, as of today, a product provider.
November 28, 2019

Annuities and the Charles Schwab Deal

By Kerry Pechter
Most of the annuities now on the Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade platforms are offered by mutual or foreign-owned life insurers. Lincoln Financial is the sole exception.