Saving for Retirement
Learn about traditional and new methods of saving for retirement, including products and ideas on how advisors can help clients save for retirement.
Gen X and Gen Y Saving More than Boomers (Reuters)
By Staff WriterAs boomers head into retirement at a fast clip of 10,000 per day, more than a quarter are uncertain whether they'll be able to meet their savings goals by the time they are ready to retire.
December 15, 2011
IRI Tells Feds to Shed Light on Retirement Savings Needs, Encourage VA UseStreamlining agent licensing and creating more efficiencies among states is not a bad idea either, IRI says as part of its comment letter to the FIO on modernizing insurance regulation in the U.S.
December 15, 2011
Q&A with James R. Veal: A Role Model, Part 1There are few African-American advisors working in the financial industry today. James R. Veal wants to change that.
December 14, 2011
Wither the PensionThe grand old notion of working hard all your life for a single employer and then retiring, fat and happy, financially secure with a generous pension well, that kinda seems like a 1940s concept, right?
December 14, 2011
Big Opportunity in Small 403(b) PlansAaron Friedman, national nonprofit practice leader for the Principal Financial Group, says it is the smaller plans that have not refined their investment lineups or matched the level of participant education where advisors can add the most value.
December 13, 2011
Survey: Military Families Emphasize Health Care Savings in Retirement PlanningProposed changes to the militarys health insurance program, Tricare, are prompting middle-class military families to begin looking at new ways to cover their medical costs during retirement.
December 08, 2011
LTC TV: What Do the New Old Really Want?MIT AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin says financial services firms should try to fund a lifestyle, not just provide a revenue stream.
December 08, 2011
LTC TV: What Do the New Old Really Want?MIT AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin says financial services firms should try to fund a lifestyle, not just provide a revenue stream.