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Tracey Longo
The most significant piece of retirement legislation in a decade is on target to become reality.
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Jacqueline Sergeant
Variable annuities recorded a three-year high in Q3 with $26.5 million, according to the Secure Retirement Institute.
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Gregory Bresiger
Critics complain it provides a lousy return, and taxpayers would do better with private investments.
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Mark Klein
Advisors need to confirm agreed-upon data sharing protocols at the outset of their plan sponsor relationships.
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Tracey Longo
The model remains on track after gaining the approval of a key NAIC committee.
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Ben Mattlin
The product's downside protection and income guarantees are winning over investors, industry watchers say.
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Ron DeLegge
Managed payout funds, also known as targeted distribution funds, aim to deliver lifetime income payments via a minimum distribution amount.
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Jacqueline Sergeant
Three quarters of state and local workers would leave their jobs if pensions and insurance were cut.
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Barry Ritholtz
Investors may be embracing risk without understanding what they're getting into, writes Barry Ritholtz.
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Stephen Mihm
Ultra-long debt is gaining in popularity. Why stop there?
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Jacqueline Sergeant
Northwestern Mutual and RiverSource get top ranking in respective product lines, J.D. Power said.
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Christopher Robbins
Successful advisors are more likely to be open to technology, next-generation clients and innovation than their peers.
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Jacqueline Sergeant
The Alliance for Lifetime Income joined the band's concert tour to promote the benefits of annuities.
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Raymond Fazzi
Companion Life Insurance drew the biggest penalty for the violations, which involved immediate annuity replacement sales.
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Raymond Fazzi
Plan sponsors have been afraid to add annuities to their platforms, but two bills in Congress could change that.
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Raymond Fazzi
But interest in adding annuity options appears to be on the rise as the U.S. workforce ages, a new survey says.
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Christopher Robbins
The insurer said it needs time to comply with new state fiduciary rules that cover all annuity and insurance sales.
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Ethan Schwartz
Just look what sellers of investment products can get away with.
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Christopher Robbins
Retirement-plan sponsors can help close this alarming gap, say researchers.
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Jacqueline Sergeant
The #20 billion in second-quarter sales was the highest quarterly total ever, LIMRA said.
