Research Roundup

Recent research offers new insights into financial decision-making, the decision to work after retirement, and reveals surprising links between aging and interest rates, the rise of the service economy, and the 'shadow banking' phenomenon.

Uncertainty at Both Ends of Retirement

By Kerry Pechter
'Ignoring retirement age uncertainty can potentially have a significant (negative) impact on potential retirement outcomes,' writes David Blanchett of Morningstar in an award-winning research paper.

Honorable Mention

By Editorial Staff
Fidelity launches a new international bond index fund; Nassau buys Foresters; distribution expands for T. Rowe Price Model Portfolios.

COVER STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

October 3, 2019

Making Income Rise as Health Declines

By Kerry Pechter
A fee-only adviser in Philadelphia used 'medically underwritten' or impaired annuities from Mutual of Omaha to increase the retirement incomes of older, single men in declining health.
September 26, 2019

Life Insurance in a Bucketed Income Plan

By Kerry Pechter
This case study from Securities America uses life insurance to help a 'constrained' mass-affluent retired couple protect the surviving spouse from a partial loss of pension and Social Security income.