Taxes in Retirement: Front-Load or Back-Load?
Here are two ways a retired couple with a $1 million IRA might manage taxes: By either minimizing or maximizing them in the first 10 years of retirement. Zach Parker of Securities demonstrates.
Anecdotal Evidence
Why Eight States Are Suing Over ‘Reg BI’
'Dually registered' advisers can switch hats between the broker/commission model and the adviser/AUM model as needed, to the confusion and expense of investors. Eight state attorneys general say the SEC's 'Reg BI' allows the deception to continue.
Target Date Funds
Voya rolls out risk-adjusted TDFs
In addition to selecting an age-appropriate target date fund (TDF), participants can select a risk-appropriate TDF (conservative, moderate or aggressive).
Pacific Life’s new 5-year VA/GMAB rider sets -10% floor
'Unlike a structured variable annuity, there’s no cap on investment returns, so contract owners' earning potential is unlimited,” said Pacific Life senior vice president Brian Woolfolk.
Subscription-based planners sue SEC over Reg BI
Like eight state attorney generals, the subscription-based XY Planning Network has filed a federal lawsuit against the SEC in New York. XYPN was co-founded by celebrity adviser Michael Kitces and Alan Moore.
40% of life insurers’ bank loans below investment grade: AM Best
'The benefit of floating interest rates on bank loans, which somewhat protects insurers from rapidly rising interest rates, is further diminished in a continued low interest rate environment,' the rating agency's report said.
Honorable Mention
Lincoln’s Fuller wins IRI award; JP Morgan offers tool for plan advisors; Scholten to retire from Principal; Principal absorbs Wells Fargo plan services; 11% of Gen Xers still paying off their own student loans: Schwab; Genworth’s U.S. life insurance units suffer ratings downgrade; Military is adapting to new retirement savings system: Survey.
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September 5, 2019
Be a ‘Succession Planter’ of Lifetime Income
Here's an income plan for a hypothetical 65-year-old couple with $1.6 million in savings, a real income goal of $8,000/mo. in retirement, and a legacy goal of $1.5 million.
August 22, 2019
A Second Structured Annuity Offers Income
CUNA Mutual Group invades Allianz Life airspace by launching 'Zone Income Annuity.' It's the only structured index annuity besides Allianz Life's Index Advantage Income to offer a lifetime income option. The two contracts differ...
August 15, 2019
Executive Interview: PRU’s Kent Sluyter
The president of Prudential Annuities since 2017, actuary Kent Sluyter spoke with RIJ recently about financial wellness and about his firm's pivot to a new generation of individual annuities.
