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Majority of polled financial pros agree annuities make client relationships stickier
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2025
Majority of polled financial pros agree annuities make client relationships stickier

Market volatility, product complexity, and rampant misinformation all drive the case for advisors helping clients get much-needed lifetime income.

By Leo Almazora
Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2025
Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead

If you are going to let your winners run, let them run for a good cause while lowering your tax bill.

By Gregg Greenberg
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds

Sneak peek into annual defined contribution plan report shows average participant balances reached an all-time high amid rising equity markets.

By Leo Almazora
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits

Of millions of deaths reported yearly, just a fraction of a percent are "erroneously reported" cases that need to be corrected, the agency said.

By Leo Almazora
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2025
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk

Recession fears are rising, or at least more people are talking about the potential one. Here's what financial advisors are saying - and doing - about it.

By Gregg Greenberg
Social Security services at risk as DOGE bulldozer continues
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2025
Social Security services at risk as DOGE bulldozer continues

Reports of cuts to phone support add to broader concerns about reverberations from mass layoffs amid continued efficiency efforts.

By Leo Almazora
Limra projects strong annuity sales through 2027 despite expected declines
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2025
Limra projects strong annuity sales through 2027 despite expected declines

Latest figures confirm record sales in 2024, including four straight quarters exceeding $100 billion, with most of the wins going to the largest players.

By Leo Almazora
Survey reveals generation gaps in retirement, with a reality check for pre-retirees
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2025
Survey reveals generation gaps in retirement, with a reality check for pre-retirees

Gen X emerges as the least confident in their future, while many retirees are navigating financial shocks from inflation and healthcare costs.

By Leo Almazora
Scale of Trump ‘buyout’ plan means opportunity for advisors
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 10, 2025
Scale of Trump ‘buyout’ plan means opportunity for advisors

Who’s ready to step up and provide the expert federal retirement advice needed?

By Chris Davis
Social Security moves to dial up clawback rates to 100%
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 10, 2025
Social Security moves to dial up clawback rates to 100%

The Social Security Administration is going back to fully garnishing monthly benefits to recover overpayments, a move advocates say could cause "unnecessary harm" to some of the most vulnerable Americans.

By Leo Almazora
Gen X is turning 60. Retirement is a worry
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2025
Gen X is turning 60. Retirement is a worry

New data add to piles of surveys showing people don't feel financially prepared for retirement. While retirees often adjust to live within their means, long-term care is a looming problem.

By Emile Hallez
How have auto-IRAs and fintech reshaped retirement saving?
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 06, 2025
How have auto-IRAs and fintech reshaped retirement saving?

New research examines how assets in IRAs have shifted over the years, and whether the vehicles are still serving their intended purpose.

By Leo Almazora
Target-date fund assets surge to $3.97 trillion in 2024 as CITs overtake mutual funds
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 05, 2025
Target-date fund assets surge to $3.97 trillion in 2024 as CITs overtake mutual funds

Retirement industry research report shows ongoing dominance of Vanguard, with BlackRock coming out strong with its paycheck-for-life offering.

By Leo Almazora
Managed accounts have hit a wall in DC plans, finds survey
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 04, 2025
Managed accounts have hit a wall in DC plans, finds survey

Research points to growing need for tailored solutions in pension plans, as well as the shift towards passive in target-date funds.

By Leo Almazora
Social Security Administration cuts are a move toward privatization, Wyden says
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2025
Social Security Administration cuts are a move toward privatization, Wyden says

With big staff cuts coming to an agency already struggling to provide customer service, Social Security claimants should begin preparing, advisors said.

By Emile Hallez
Loneliness, risk-taking makes older Americans prime fraud targets, Finra says
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2025
Loneliness, risk-taking makes older Americans prime fraud targets, Finra says

Survey offers a fresh glimpse into the vulnerabilities that scammers exploit, and how targeted strategies against financial illiteracy and isolation could help.

By Leo Almazora
Structured annuities set record pace with $62.9B sales in 2024
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 28, 2025
Structured annuities set record pace with $62.9B sales in 2024

Total annuity sales reached $427 billion, with index and variable annuity product sales also accelerating for the year.

By Leo Almazora
Principal Asset Management names Brant Wong head of retirement solutions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 28, 2025
Principal Asset Management names Brant Wong head of retirement solutions

The veteran with almost 30 years of experience, mostly at JPMorgan Asset Management, will oversee a business managing nearly $320 billion in assets.

By Leo Almazora
Federal downsizing wave continues with 'significant' job cuts at Social Security Administration
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 28, 2025
Federal downsizing wave continues with 'significant' job cuts at Social Security Administration

Report of a Thursday memo announcing 30,000 layoffs adds to uncertainty for retirees relying on benefits.

By Leo Almazora
Ranks of 401(k) millionaires surged on workers' savings stamina, Fidelity says
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2025
Ranks of 401(k) millionaires surged on workers' savings stamina, Fidelity says

New data show a 27 percent jump in $1 million-and-up accounts last year, with the average millionaire making contributions for more than two decades.

By Leo Almazora