Just how much effect do interest rates have on generating retirement revenue streams from lifetime savings?

Two recent data sets for two unrelated sources of retirement income relate how a recent uptick in interest rates has significantly affected annuitized benefits.

That has yielded some good news for the country's sponsors of defined benefit plans, as well as for pre-retirees looking to guarantee income in retirement via deferred annuities.

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