Tag: Retirement Income

Benefits | June 3rd, 2011

Retirement Funding Expectations Changed

June 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The May Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index found significant differences between how today’s...

Compliance | May 27th, 2011

Lifetime Income Options Scheduled for Review by IRS

May 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Proposed regulations for lifetime income options in retirement plans are part of Internal Revenue Service...

Products | May 26th, 2011

SPARK Seeking Comments on Lifetime Income Data Standards

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute is accepting requests from the retirement plan community for possible changes to...

Benefits | May 26th, 2011

Pre-Retirees Open to Retirement Income Products

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 55% of Americans planning to retire in the next seven years are confident in...

Benefits | May 24th, 2011

Offering Annuities May Help with Workforce Planning

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer Perspectives report suggests that the most compelling incentive for plan sponsors to...

Administration | May 24th, 2011

Income Annuity Holders Could Use More Information

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisers and their clients would benefit from receiving more precise information about their existing...

Products | May 19th, 2011

Think Tank Proposes Scorecard for Retirement Income Options

May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) has published a paper in which it introduces a...

Compliance | May 18th, 2011

Legislation Aims to SEAL 401(k) “Leakage”

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to cut down...

Benefits | May 18th, 2011

EBRI Analyzes Retirement Income Adequacy of Annuities

May 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that, generally, either immediate...

Benefits | May 17th, 2011

Job Transition Leaves Many With Questions About Balances

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than a third of participants in a recent Fidelity study who...

Products | May 10th, 2011

Lincoln Offering Annuity Product New Sales through TPAs

May 10, 2011 (PLANSPONOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group announced that its Lincoln Director group variable annuity-based retirement solution will be...

Products | May 2nd, 2011

MetLife Announces New Retirement Income Strategies

May 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife has launched its optional Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit Max (GMIB Max) and Enhanced Death...

Products | April 5th, 2011

Archimedes Introduces New RMD Modeling Tool

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Archimedes Systems has introduced a new “RMD-Stretch IRA” modeling tool to help financial advisers and...

Products | April 5th, 2011

PSCA Offers Access to Annuity Solution

April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) has made available to its plan sponsor member...

Products | March 31st, 2011

Putnam Lifetime Income Tool Sparks Some Change

March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About one-third of participants using Putnam Investments’ Lifetime Income Analysis Tool have made changes to...

Opinions | March 30th, 2011

IMHO: Comparison “Points”

March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell...

Products | March 22nd, 2011

Putnam Develops Income Solution with an "Absolute" Focus

March 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments announced plans to offer a suite of income-oriented funds that aim to help Boomers...

Reader Responses | March 17th, 2011

SURVEY SAYS: When Did You Start Saving for Retirement?

March 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday we reported on a survey about when respondents in various generations started saving....

Opinions | March 16th, 2011

IMHO: “Conversation” Starters

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There’s been a lot of talk coming from Washington of late about...

Administration | March 15th, 2011

Retirement Income a Higher Priority for Financial Services Firms

March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Hearts & Wallets, LLC finds three quarters of resources of financial services...