GM Adds Hueler’s Income Solutions to its DC Plan

By Kerry Pechter
GM closed its defined benefit plan in 2012. Its 401(k) provider is Fidelity. To offer its DC plan participants an option to roll over part of their savings to an income annuity at retirement, it chose Hueler's Income Solutions Annuity Marketplace, an online annuity purchasing platform.

The People’s Retirement Industry Group

By Kerry Pechter
To mark the Retirement Income Industry Association’s 10th anniversary, RIIA founder and chairman Francois Gadenne (above) spoke with RIJ recently about the group’s past, present and future.

DOL Hearings: Wonkishly Stimulating

By Kerry Pechter
“I believe the proposal is intended to eliminate the commission model,” said Ron Kruszewski of Stifel Financial during the hearings on the DOL conflict of interest proposal. Scott Puritz of Rebalance IRA looks on.

How to Build an ‘Income-Oriented’ Portfolio

By Editorial Staff
In this research roundup, we summarize six important new research papers, including analyses of retirement income strategies by experts from Morningstar and The American College. Story includes links to research.
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Managed-Payout Funds vs. Annuities: Who Wins?

By Joseph A. Tomlinson, CFP
Managed payout funds may fail if the client lives too long. Life annuities overcome that problem, but lack sufficient flexibility. 'The best results can be obtained by combining SPIAs and flexible withdrawals,' writes the author, an actuary and financial planner.

Maximum Withdrawal Rate: A Historical Perspective

By Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D.
We obsess about safe withdrawal rates. But the developer of the "7Twelve Portfolio" shows that anyone retiring from 1970 to 1990 would have vastly underspent by using the '4% rule.' He suggests that excess caution can be as much a hazard as excess spending.
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Traits of “leading” life/annuity issuers: Conning

By Editorial Staff
In the 2015 edition of an annual report, Conning named 20 life/annuity specialists for superior performance, based on their operating margin, return on surplus, premium growth, sales and other metrics.