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Turning Home Equity into Lifetime Income
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
A financial planner compares and contrasts three ways to create monthly income for life from a typical reverse mortgage.
Industry Views
401(k)s: They’re Not (Necessarily) Just for Employees Any More
A growing number of 401(k) plan sponsors, retirees, record keepers and regulators want retirees to stay in their plans well into, or even straight through, retirement, PIMCO has found.
The Future Of Online Customer Feedback Has Arrived
TIAA-CREF’s TC Listens website is an innovative new medium for obtaining client feedback online.
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Cover Stories
Eating the Competition’s Lunch
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
MetLife’s Retirewise program offers hundreds of brown-bag seminars, like the one depicted in this ad, for 401(k) participants at firms where MetLife isn’t the provider.
Spock-o-nomics at the RIIA Meeting
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
At the spring meeting of the Retirement Income Industry Association, held at Morningstar Inc. in Chicago, concepts like "stocks for the long run" and "safe withdrawal rate" were out of favor.
The Empire Strikes Back
Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Lest they be drowned out by 401(k) critics, major DC plan providers have formed a new trade group, the DCIIA, chaired by PIMCO's Stacy Schaus. The group supports target-date collective trusts, deemed IRAs and lifetime income options.
Featured Stories
Two Trends in One: CTFs and TDFs
Collective trust funds and target date funds are ‘made for each other,’ one analyst said. But will CTF-TDF hybrids create the same false sense of security among 401(k) participants that TDF mutual funds have?
My Life as a ‘Dangerous Woman’
The New School economist and 401(k) critic reveals that her notoriety is, in part, the result of a misunderstanding that went viral--with help from Rush Limbaugh.
News
HSAs No Panacea for Retiree Medical Costs: EBRI
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
If it's true that retired couples will need $350,000 on average to cover costs not covered by Medicare, Health Savings Accounts won't be large enough to do the job, says the benefits research organization.
Hartford CEO to VAs: “Never Again”
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
The insurer won't focus on VAs as much as in the past. It expects total annuity sales of $5 billion in 2012, or less than half its individual annuity sales in 2008.
Czech It Out: Pension Pains are Global
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Age-related spending in the Czech Republic will be 23.4% of GDP by 2060, according to European Commission data.
Americans To Spend Their Mad Money Sanely
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
More than eight in 10 Americans polled said they would use their tax refunds to pay down debt, save or invest, or spend on everyday necessities.
P. Kennedy Proposes Savings Accounts for Children
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
H.R. 4682 would create an account with $500 per year for all children at birth, with a supplement of up to $500 and matching contributions of up to $500 each year for children in families with incomes below the national median.
