guaranteed income products

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  Workers need to put more dollars in DC plans

  By Maria Wood  |  April 25, 2013

  To use a football analogy, workers must go long and deep in their defined contribution (DC) plans. In other words, they need to throw more dollars into those plans and for longer periods. That was one of the takeaways from a briefing held yesterday in New York City on retirement...

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  Fidelity measures advisors’ impact through financial crisis

  By Danielle Andrus  |  April 8, 2013

  Investors with advisors felt more prepared, optimistic than those without advisors.

• Guaranteed income will lead annuity industry in 2013

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 27, 2012

  The time is right for guaranteed income products such as variable annuities, explains Guardian's Doug Dubitsky - provided you can explain them to clients.

• Economic troubles continue to boost retirement risks

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  November 6, 2012

  Boston College's National Retirement Risk Index has edged up, with more than half of American households unlikely to be able to maintain their standard of living post-retirement.

• Employers find ways to balance benefits with affordability

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 29, 2012

  Rising benefits costs have caused many mid-size and large corporations with defined benefit pension plans to rethink their cost management strategies.

• Younger workers are guaranteed income fans, it turns out

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  May 14, 2012

  A Hartford study indicates that younger workers are most enthusiastic about guaranteed income retirement products to offset the projected disappearance of Social Security benefits.

• DST Systems launches admin system for guaranteed income products

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  February 17, 2012

  DST Systems, a provider of information processing solutions to the asset management, insurance, retirement, brokerage and health care industries, has launched a new administrative solution that makes retirement income products more widely available to sponsors of defined contribution plans and their participants.

• Preparing for retirement with annuities

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  October 19, 2011

  Given today’s unsure retirement environment, many employees are searching for options besides their 401(k) plans, especially considering how long people typically live after retirement, says Clark Frese, principal at Asset Strategy Retirement Plan Consultants.

• Income products keep investors in stocks

  September 21, 2011

  Financial products with guarantees are likely to keep people invested in the stock market even in the face of short-term losses, according to a study from Prudential Financial.

• Americans rethink market investments

  By Staff Writer  |  June 6, 2011

  Almost half survey respondents to a survey by Prudential Financial say they're not likely to ever put more money into the market.