By Editor Test
A study by a unit of Fidelity Investments showed that it is premature to recommend a gradual, fixed percentage-of-assets monthly annuity purchase as an option in retirement plans, because the strategy would lead to widely different outcomes based on luck and timing.
By Eugene Steuerle
We need to reform the program’s benefit structure, now misaligned with its original anti-poverty goals, as much as we need to reform its financing structure, writes the Urban Institute fellow.
By Editor Test
BlackRock/iShares is by far the most frequently listed provider of useful value-add support, followed by American Funds, JP Morgan, MFS, Jackson, and Fidelity.
By Editor Test
"Half of this group may not have achieved their retirement savings goals and are not confident about paying for the next phase of their lives,” said Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D., director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute.
By Editor Test
“The reality is that many participants need assistance through custom guidance or a more paternalistic, automated solution,” said Chris Reagan, Mesirow Financial senior managing director and practice leader.
By Editorial Staff
Brief or late-breaking items from ING U.S., BNY Mellon and Lincoln Financial Group.
By Editor Test
"They say there are two sides to everything. But there is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side" -- Edwin Lefevre, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" (1923).