Managed-Vol: Bromide for Queasy Retirees
Managed-volatility funds can adequately address the income volatility worries of many high net worth retirees, say Milliman and Jefferson National, both of whom are pitching such funds.
In Radical Move, Britain Deregulates Retirement
“Pensioners will have complete freedom to draw down as much or as little of their pension pot as they want, any time they want,” said the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne (pictured with his new budget), in his annual Budget speech to Parliament.
Two Advisers, Two Strong Opinions of FIAs
If annuities in general incite controversy, FIAs are easily the most polarizing annuities. Just listen to what Howard Kaplan, an LPL adviser in the New York area, and Harry Keller, a Philadelphia-area adviser affiliated with ING Financial Partners, have to say.
FIAs Come In From the Cold–Sort Of
In this first of a series of RIJ articles on the evolution of fixed indexed annuities, you’ll hear from people at three broker-dealers: One who embraces them, one who still avoids them and one who sells them with mixed feelings.
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RetirePreneur: Fred Barstein
The founder of The Retirement Advisor University and author of the NAPA Net newsletter has just finished hosting the NAPA (National Association of Plan Advisors) annual conference in New Orleans.
Video: A Chat with Morningstar’s Retirement Solutions Group
In this seven-minute video, RIJ editor Kerry Pechter interviews Nathan Voris, the large market practice leader, and Jeremy Stempion, the director of investments, of the Retirement Solutions Group of Morningstar Investment Management, a unit of Morningstar Inc.
News
How life insurers can succeed over the next decade: McKinsey
"Individual annuities have soaked up more than a third of industry capital and have created less than 20 percent of value," according to a new white paper from McKinsey & Co.
Honesty really is the best corporate policy, writes EST founder
Werner Erhard, the former salesman who reinvented himself as a self-help guru, who was vilified on '60 Minutes' but later vindicated, wants to restore integrity to the world of finance.
