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Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005 |
Better Die Before They Get Old How many boomers are prepared for retirement?   |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
White Paper Here is what investors age 45 and older think about variable annuities -- and how much they're willing to pay for them. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Sweetening the Pot A new report has found that adding a variable annuity with a lifetime guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider to a traditional stock and bond retirement portfolio can increase income while decreasing income risk. |
Registered Rep.
August 15, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Investors Flock to Variable Annuities With Guaranteed Benefits, But Beware Retiring baby boomers are pouring their money into variable annuities with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits. |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Kara P. Stapleton |
Like Elder, Like Adult Child Baby boomers are failing to follow the tried-and-true retirement planning disciplines that enabled their parents to achieve a satisfying retirement. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 22, 2005
Maria Santos |
Baby Boomers Provide Retirement Planning Advice For Themselves A recent survey by Chicago-based financial services firm Northern Trust reveals that, while baby boomers are planning for retirement, many are doing the planning without the assistance of professional advisers. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2010
Katie Libbe |
Learning From Clients' Fears The retirement landscape is changing, and baby boomers are eager for help with navigating the new reality. Anxiety is high not only about saving for retirement, but having income in retirement has also become a major concern. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 20, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Baby Boomers Have Realized They Won't Be Able to Retire A Corporate Executive Board survey finds that Baby Boomers are facing harsh economic realities. The research group says banks should offer their boomer customers educational sites to solve holistic financial challenges |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Insuring Income You'd like to insure at least part of your client's income for life. But do you choose a variable annuity with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit? Or an immediate annuity? |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Matthew Leung |
Here Today, Here Tomorrow - New Sources Of Income For Retirement It's official. Pensions and social security are no longer viewed as the primary sources of retirement income. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007
James J. Green |
They Need to Stay Flexible When calculating the amount of income that a client will need in retirement, financial advisors need to look at many factors, not just longevity, to come up with an accurate amount. |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2005
Will Leitch |
Merrill Unveils New Way to Think about Retirement A new study from Merrill Lynch asserts that the oft-predicted baby boomer retirement crisis will be a nonevent for one important reason: Most boomers plan to work during their so-called "retirement years." |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Boomers Reject Their Parents Merrill Lynch is taking a radical new look at how retirement and baby boomers are perceived --- and it could change the way their advisors structure their retirement businesses. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News News from the SEC, MetLife, and Fidelity: SEC will present recommendations on target date funds early next year... MetLife and Fidelity Investments have introduced a new deferred variable annuity product... more... |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Kara P. Stapleton |
FutureSelf Advice A survey that asked 500 respondents of all income levels to take a trip back in time and think about what advice they would give to their younger selves shows one in four participants would tell themselves to begin saving for retirement sooner. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Not So Bad After All? A new survey finds that couples are in agreement on saving for retirement. |
U.S. Banker
December 2007
Anthony Malakian |
Retirement Dreams Are Fueling Soaring Sales As the Baby Boomers move into their 60s, mutual-fund and annuity sales and services are thriving, and with a good two decades worth of Boomers nearing retirement, the long-term forecast seems good for banks. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper Asset Allocation Across the Generations: Despite the fact that their current portfolio allocations are similar, gen Xers and baby boomers reported a difference in how they expect their asset allocations to look once they enter retirement. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Thomas Scott |
What An Airline Crash Taught Me About Retirement Planning It doesn't take a catastrophic crash to cause significant injuries, in an airliner or in a retirement plan. As advisors, how can we best assure our clients will have an adequate income stream for their lifetimes? |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: All God's Children Still Not Saving Enough Baby boomers are still not saving enough. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Margaret Collins |
Variable Annuities: Lifelong Income, High Cost Guarantees make annuities more appealing - and more complex. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Frank O'Connor |
Encouraging Signs New variable annuity sales slipped slightly in the third quarter of 2010, to $33.6 billion from $33.9 billion in the second quarter, but they were still up 9.9% from the $30.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009. |
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
5 Questions What role should insurance play as baby boomers retire?... What financial products are most valuable for baby boomers?... etc. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2011
Keith J. Weber |
A Generational Retirement Shift Midlife is changing. The longevity gains seen over the last 100 years haven't just added years onto the end of our lives, they've added quality years to the middle of our lives. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Pamela J. Black |
The Pros and Cons of Annuities With retirement accounts battered by the bear market, guaranteed income from a fixed annuity now has more appeal, especially for clients who may be too close to retirement to count on a rebound from equity markets alone. This article surveys types of annuities, tax implications, and fees. |
Registered Rep.
May 18, 2010
Alan Lavine |
No-Load Annuities Gain Momentum As more wirehouse registered reps join RIAs or start their own, as income tax rates rise, and as Baby Boomers continue their march into retirement, expect investments in no-load variable annuities to grow. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2007
David Macchia |
Protect Retirement Financial advisors should pay attention to ROI -- not return on investment, but reliability of income. Planners must help clients assess the real capacity of their portfolios to generate long-term retirement income. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2012
John Diehl |
The Financial Calculus of Aging While surveys continue to show that procrastination is alive and well when it comes to retirement planning, there is no doubt that boomers are actively seeking solutions to real life issues associated with aging. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
O'Connor & McCarthy |
Making Adjustments 2012 started out about average for variable annuity issuers in terms of SEC filing activity, with a total of 59 annuity product changes in the first quarter com pared with 130 filings in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 49 in the first quarter of last year. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2009
Geoffrey Stiff |
When Your Client's Retirement Plan Is Washed Away, You Can Rebuild it Investors who are close to retirement are emerging from their storm cellars to assess the damage their retirement portfolios suffered during last year's financial tornados. |
Investment Advisor
December 22, 2010
Danielle Andrus |
Confusion in the Boomer Space Boomers are optimistic or pessimistic -- just depends on who you ask. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010 |
Five Questions with Robert Arena Bob Arena is well aware that baby boomers are juggling their own retirement needs against school expenses of children and living costs of parents and talks about how advisors can help their clients handle all these responsibilities. |
Registered Rep.
June 17, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Who Should Buy an Income Annuity? Pre-retirees looking to secure future income might be attracted to deferred income annuities, and indeed sales of the policies are accelerating. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues |
Financial Advisor
February 2007
Tracey Longo |
Variable Annuities Get Sales Boost Do you really want to get your clients' attention as they prepare for retirement? Talk to them about variable annuities. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Variable annuity sales are way up, but are they a smart move? |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Markets Safe From Boomer Attack You can breathe easy: Boomers are not going to sink the stock market. At least that's what a July report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office says. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Annuities Special: The Right Rider Boomers want guaranteed lifetime income, but don't want to buy an immediate annuity. Variable annuity issuers think they have a solution. |
Registered Rep.
December 14, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Affluence No Guard Against Retirement Worries, Poll Finds Affluence and peace of mind no longer automatically go hand in hand, a new survey sponsored by Wells Fargo & Co. indicates, and the implications are sobering. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Searching for Security As affluent retirees' worries about their financial well-being continue to mount due to the market and economic swoon, sales of immediate annuities are seeing a significant spike. |
Registered Rep.
January 14, 2004
John Churchill |
Baby Boomers Zero in on Retirement As the baby boomer generation nears retirement age, the financial issues that weigh heaviest on their minds are shifting. According to a study released yesterday, baby boomers have switched their financial focus from providing for children to planning for retirement. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
James J. Green |
Annuity Sales Increase Reports released by the Insured Retirement Institute found that the sales of both fixed and variable annuities continued to recover in the fourth quarter of 2009. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012 |
Majority Of Gens X And Y Expect To Retire Before 65 Among people more than 10 years away from retirement a majority of both Gen Xers and Gen Yers expect to retire before age 65, while only a minority of young baby boomers believe they'll be able to call it a day before 65. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Paul Menchaca |
Post-Boom It is no secret that as investors continue their flight to safety, the variable annuity boom has at least deflated, if not entirely gone bust. More conservative retirement products are now in favor. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 18, 2005 |
Impact's Retirement Road Map Impact Technologies Group launched its Retirement Road Map sales system, which assists financial advisers in retirement planning for baby boomers. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008 |
Retirement News & Products Women continue to be less prepared for retirement than men... New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation launches a fixed deferred annuity product... AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company launches a Web site -- My Retirement Shop... Stephen Mitchell named COO of the RIIA... |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Alan Lavine |
Finding A Floor Annuities gain traction in a world of low returns. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Keep Working -- Or Not? The boomers who currently lead our businesses and political institutions need to reinvent retirement and create a more flexible labor market that enables and encourages this generation to work and save later in life. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Too Much for This Investment When it comes to guaranteed variable annuities, buyers are paying more for protection than they did in recent years -- even though the market has already dropped substantially. |
