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.
A DB Plan Partner for Small Businesses
By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, Savita Iyer-AhrestaniWhile defined benefit plans are now almost extinct in the large corporate space, they're alive and kicking in America's small business world, according to Karen Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of San Mateo, California-based Dedicated Defined Benefits Services.
October 15, 2007
FRC: Income Planning Interest May Have PeakedResearchers at Financial Research Corp. have found that investment firm managers want to get back to basics.In 2005, when FRC, Boston, studied the retirement income ...
October 04, 2007
Lifetime Income Products DebutFidelity Investments unveiled a group of retirement income products and online applications for advisors and clients, October 3, aimed at helping retirees generate more predictable monthly cash flow streams for certain time horizons, or for life.
October 01, 2007
Helping the Most Vulnerable RetireesLawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors--the...
October 01, 2007
IRA Rollovers ReboundIt looks as if there's a group of people with a significant amount of money that are in need of your services when it comes...
October 01, 2007
Singles and Special-Needs ClientsMicki Pitch runs a two-generation practice in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, with her eldest son, Joe. They specialize in serving the investment and retirement needs...
October 01, 2007
Lesson 9: Moral HazardOne of the theoretical foundations of modern insurance pricing is a principle called "moral hazard." It lies at the heart of many actuarial models, is...
October 01, 2007
The Longevity RacePerfectionists, but in a good way, is how Paul Lofties might describe the advisors he manages at Securities America. After installing the retirement distribution tool,...