Tag: Guaranteed income

Many retirement savers are focused on income guarantees and establishing a level of protection against market volatility, according to the Allianz Life 2014 Market Perceptions Study.

With 25 years in the investment industry, Tim McCabe has participated firsthand in the dramatic rise of the defined contribution retirement system.

Current workers and retirees would trade control of managing their retirement assets for investment growth, flexibility and guaranteed lifetime income in an income solution, a survey finds.

Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) has launched a new partnership with Hueler Income Solutions to expand participant access to institutionally priced lifetime income products.

Employees are recognizing that their financial vulnerabilities are most likely resulting from factors they can control rather than external factors such as the economy or stock market, a...

Survey results from the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute (SRI) indicate that in-plan guaranty features are growing in number and in assets.

Three factors create a roadblock to retirement income for advisers' clients: low yield, adequate equity exposure and managing volatility.

While retirement plan sponsors will find the market for getting into stable value funds has improved, the threat of rising interest rates poses a risk they need to...

John Hancock Investments is seeing defined contribution (DC) retirement plan clients add alternative mutual funds to their menu of investment options at a rapid pace.

Plan participants are seeking a financially secure retirement, with more than one-third (34%) seeing the generation of guaranteed monthly income as the main goal of their retirement plan.

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company Inc. added the Federated Investors Capital Preservation Fund to its fund lineups.

Low interest rates pose a risk to investors, according to a Prudential paper on the implications of recent research from the National Retirement Risk Index.

LPL Financial adopted an annuity visualizer by Lincoln Financial Group to help its advisers explain the benefits and the different rider options of annuities.    

Wells Fargo Retirement has added an in-plan guaranteed income solution to the choices of retirement plan investments available for plan sponsors.

The Principal Deferred Income Annuity, a new product, offers a flexible premium and the option to delay the start of income payments.

The majority of defined contribution (DC) plan participants participating in a recent poll are interested in having a guaranteed income option.

Baby Boomers close to retirement prefer protection of their retirement savings over a risky return, a survey by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America found.

Following the financial crisis, 56% of investors now believe it is entirely their responsibility to prepare for retirement, a Fidelity Investments survey finds.

New research from Morningstar shows that delaying Social Security benefits can be valuable for retirees.