Income Planning
Learn what experts and top advisors say about the best ways to work with clients to determine and build successful retirement income plans.
Top Retirement Advisors Address 'The Softer Side'
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICP"I don't want to run out of money." And? While some clients' greatest retirement concern may be a lack of cash, there are other things on...
September 01, 2008
New & Improved Online Social-Security Benefits CalculatorSocial Security retirement benefits are an important component of many clients' retirement incomes, but getting reliable estimates of future benefits has always been awkward. Fortunately,...
September 01, 2008
The 6% Retirement Income SolutionRobert Lamb and his business associate Peter Sullivan have designed a retirement income strategy that bucks conventional wisdom by allowing clients to withdraw an initial...
September 01, 2008
Today's 70 is Yesterday's 50The concept of the "New Retirement" has become as popular with near retirees as it is with those who recently entered the retirement zone. While...
September 01, 2008
Disclosure TimeThe Department of Labor's (DOL) recently proposed rule on 401(k) plan fee disclosure is being hailed by industry officials as a step in the right...
September 01, 2008
Finances and the Perception of RetirementSlowing down and entering a perpetual vacation for the rest of their lives is no longer the goal for a large percentage of retirees, so...
August 28, 2008
Back to School on 403(b)sThis year, as budget makers in schools across the country decide whether the football team needs new uniforms or the gym really deserves to be repainted, they have one more item to add to their lists: How to deal with a new regulation, effective January 1, 2009, which is likely...
August 28, 2008
NAFA Says Nix SEC Rule 151AThe National Association of Fixed Annuities (NAFA) recently took a firm stand against the Security & Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed Rule 151A, which would regulate index annuities as securities rather than as insurance products.