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Annuity issuers are reaching out to non-English-speaking investors through websites written in Spanish and Asian languages, according to Corporate Insight.
Behavioral Economics and Retirement Investing
PIMCO and its Allianz affiliates recently sponsored a new study, “Behavioral Finance and the Post-Retirement Crisis.” PIMCO Retirement Product Manager Tom Streiff explains how the study’s findings can foster the development of successful retirement income products.
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Source: "When to Commence Income Annuities," Jeffrey K. Dellinger, Retirement Income Solutions Enterprise, Inc., 2011
September 1, 2010, Featured Articles, Guest Column
Why We Need The Fiduciary Standard
It might rid the financial services marketplace of situations where the customer enters into transactions without knowing that there's an adversarial relationship, this well-known columnist believes.
Somehow, the largest financial services organizations in the U.S. marketplace have managed to exempt themselves from the way that most companies do business. Instead of competing on quality, brand and price—as, say, the manufacturer of shoes, groceries, furniture or computers do—they have found ways to generate their profits based on incomplete information and the financial illiteracy of American consumers.
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