Dual Retirement Challenges: Inflation and Longevity Episode 32
Episode Notes:
Millions of baby boomers are retired or preparing to retire. But after a decade of strong market performance, near zero interest rates and low inflation, today’s retirees face new challenges: the highest inflation in 40 years coupled with volatile markets against a backdrop of longer lifespans. Guest Mike Downing, chief operating officer of Athene, shares his insights of how older Americans can stretch their savings and stabilize their income over a retirement that could last 30 years or more.
Please note: This content is intended for financial professionals.
Guest Bio: Michael S. Downing serves as Athene’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Actuary. He is responsible for overseeing global actuarial valuation, modeling, pricing, product development, and product go-to-market.
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Athene is a leading retirement services company that specializes in helping its customers retire with confidence and is a solutions provider to institutions. As a company, Athene is driven to do more and is never satisfied with the status quo. Athene strives to create innovative financial solutions and has a strong team to serve our policyholders and our communities.
Athene issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products. Athene has dedicated distribution channels — retail, flow reinsurance, funding agreements and pension group annuities, and acquisitions and block reinsurance — which support origination across differing market environments and enable Athene to achieve stable asset growth while maintaining attractive returns.
Athene’s strategic partner Apollo is a global asset manager that generates safe, predictable and recurring yield across market cycles. Apollo’s investment expertise combined with Athene’s leadership in fixed annuities brings strength, opportunity and innovation. Athene is a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management.
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