We recently collaborated with Dr. Michael Finke, Professor of Wealth Management at The American College, on a white paper entitled, “Portfolio Income Insurance – Understanding the Benefits of a Contingent Deferred Annuity.” In the white paper, Dr. Finke talks about market risk and how it impacts retirement spending, the stress that increased longevity can put...Continue Reading
At the beginning of April, RetireOne President Ed Mercier appeared alongside Head of Retirement Distribution Tim Kohn of Dimensional Fund Advisors on Bob Huebscher’s podcast, Gaining Perspective. Huebscher talked to Ed and Tim about RetireOne’s contingent deferred annuity, Constance, and the recent addition of DFA funds to Constance’s suite of covered funds. Ed and Tim...Continue Reading
At 8.5%, inflation is higher than it’s been in 40 years or more. Understandably, investors reaching retirement age are getting a little nervous. Exhibit A: Michael Madden of Wealth Solutions Report recently published an article in response to this inflation-adjacent question from an anonymous financial advisor: “I have a question for Ask the Experts: My...Continue Reading
February has been a busy month for RetireOne. There’s still plenty we’re working on that we can’t talk about yet, but one thing we can talk about is the addition of Dimensional Fund Advisors investment strategies to our contingent deferred annuity (CDA), Constance. We believe in Constance and what it can do to revolutionize the...Continue Reading
Retirement Experts Offer Advice and Potential Solutions Retirement expert Robert Powell penned a lengthy column for MarketWatch outlining the retirement crisis and the most significant developments that came out of the retirement planning industry last year. From the SECURE Act, to annuities in 401(k)s, to SeLFIES, to ESG funds, and more, Powell provides a bird’s...Continue Reading
CDAs Are Ready for Their Moment RIA Intel recently ran a piece covering Constance, the new contingent deferred annuity RetireOne is offering in partnership with Midland National. In the article, Holly Deaton talks about annuities in general and CDAs specifically, and the challenges they face in the market, as well as some of the outdated...Continue Reading
In October, Kerry Pechter weighed in on two different retirement income solutions that recently launched: RetireOne’s Constance Portflio Retirement Income Guarantee and BlackRock’s LifePath Paycheck. In his Retirement Income Journal, he covers the broad strokes of each income solution, what they’re used for and how they come at the problem from different directions: “The two...Continue Reading
Constance described as “lifetime income protection for mutual funds and ETFs” Cyril Tuohy wrote up a thorough, digestible explainer on the release of RetireOne and Midland National’s new contingent deferred annuity for Life Annuity Specialist. The article covers Constance’s primary benefits, the fee structure (and the fact that the cost is flat and may not...Continue Reading
WealthTech Today Podcast Featuring David Stone of RetireOne, 10/14/21 Craig Iskowitz sat down with RetireOne founder + CEO David Stone on the “WealthTech Today” podcast to talk about how advisors can “pensionize” client retirement savings with our new contingent deferred annuity, Constance. They chatted a bit about how Constance acts as a “risk wrapper” for...Continue Reading
WealthManagement.com’s Diana Britton published an article generously peppered with Ed Mercier quotes about the Constance contingent deferred annuity and the benefits it provides, both to retirees and the RIAs who serve them. The article goes into a fair amount of detail about fee-based annuities and how Constance differs from others. “The novel part about this...Continue Reading
