Opinions | May 19th, 2010 IMHO: Live Long and Prosper? May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan for most of my life.
Benefits | May 17th, 2010 Annuities Get a Behavioral Finance Makeover May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appreciation for the influences of behavioral finance has had a critical...
Benefits | May 17th, 2010 Group Pushes for Senior Citizen Inflation Measure May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Washington, D.C. senior-citizen advocacy group on Monday applauded a new piece of Congressional legislation...
Compliance | May 14th, 2010 GA Retirees Get Relief from Tax on Retirement Income May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has signed a bill that eliminates taxes on retirement income for...
Benefits | May 4th, 2010 Current Retirement Income Options Have Drawbacks: GAO May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Following the deadline for responses to the Department of Labor and Treasury Department’s Request for...
Benefits | May 4th, 2010 SPARK Institute Argues Against Lifetime Income Requirements May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As responses to a request for public comment on use of lifetime income solutions in...
Benefits | May 4th, 2010 Nationwide Offers Proposal for Guaranteed Income in Retirement Plans May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has introduced 401KIncome, a public policy solution that it says “provides...
Benefits | May 3rd, 2010 ING Encourages Use of Guaranteed Income Options in Retirement Plans May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING said it broadly supports investing in guaranteed lifetime income options within a retirement plan...
Benefits | May 3rd, 2010 ERIC: No Annuity Mandate Needed May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has argued in a letter to the U.S. Department of...
Benefits | May 3rd, 2010 15.7 Times Final Pay Needed for Retirement Readiness May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average U.S. employee will need 15.7 times their final pay in retirement resources to...
Benefits | May 3rd, 2010 TIAA-CREF Supports Guaranteed Income Options in Retirement Plans May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to the Request for Information Regarding Lifetime Income Options for Participants in Retirement...
Opinions | April 19th, 2010 IMHO: “Out” Spoken As I noted last week, about two months ago, the Department of Labor asked the public for some insights...
Opinions | April 12th, 2010 IMHO: “Safety” First April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Back in February, the Department of Labor and the U.S. Treasury turned to...
Reader Responses | April 8th, 2010 SURVEY SAYS: Does Your DC Plan Offer a Retirement Income Option? April 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The subject of retirement income – perhaps more specifically arranging for sufficient retirement income...
Products | March 29th, 2010 ING Adds Variable Annuity to New Product Suite March 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING's U.S. operations, which merged its annuity and rollover businesses to form ING Financial Solutions...
Opinions | March 18th, 2010 IMHO: Afford Abilities March 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are in this--or perhaps any—business certain moments of epiphany that shed light and...
Products | March 16th, 2010 New Option Designed to Help Retirement Income be “Shown, Known and Guaranteed” March 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors looking for a retirement income solution have another option to consider.
Administration | March 12th, 2010 Investors See no Standout in Retirement Income Market March 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a proliferation of retirement income products and financial services firms’ best efforts to capture...
Administration | March 12th, 2010 Investors See no Standout in Retirement Income Market March 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a proliferation of retirement income products and financial services firms’ best efforts to capture...
Products | February 16th, 2010 Newkirk Releases Retirement Readiness Package February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Albany, New York-based Newkirk, a retirement plan communications provider, has unveiled a suite of retirement...