The Alliance helps Ease the Way for Registered Investment Advisers to Integrate Insurance Planning into Service & Advice for Clients BERWYN, Pa., May 14, 2020 — FIDx, a product-agnostic platform that integrates the benefits of insurance seamlessly alongside investment products, today announced a strategic partnership with RetireOne, the insurance and annuity back office for more than...Continue Reading
TIAA announced the addition of seven new Vanguard Subaccounts to their Intelligent Variable Annuity® fund lineup, effective May 1, 2020. This will increase the Intelligent Variable Annuity’s offerings to 65 funds from 20 highly regarded investment management firms including Vanguard, DFA, TIAA-CREF, PIMCO, and T Rowe Price. The Intelligent Variable Annuity is a low-cost, fee-based...Continue Reading
Will also launch back office services for HALO annuity marketplace planned for later this year San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL– April 22, 2020 – Halo Investing, Inc. (“Halo”) and RetireOne®—the leading independent platform for fee-based insurance solutions—announced a partnership that expands RetireOne’s portfolio protection offerings with structured notes. The partnership between Halo and RetireOne...Continue Reading
The unexpected Gift of Social Distancing The age of social distancing has given me an unexpected gift. I’ve found that I actually have some extra time on my (very clean) hands every day. Aside from the home schooling (math is my strong suit), there’s nothing new that’s been added to my plate. I do mostly...Continue Reading
The Contingent Deferred Annuity (“CDA”) is a step forward in efforts to creatively meet the income needs of retirees. In the February 2020 issue of Bob Veres’ popular Inside Information newsletter, Bob calls it “One of the most interesting solutions to the SECURE Act requirement that qualified plans offer income guarantee options.” These guarantee options,...Continue Reading
This…is 2020, Fear of Bears, Schwabitrade, SECURE Act, How RIAs do Insurance, Louisville Slugging, Celebrating the Life of Dennis Collins The last quarter was huge for RetireOne. We integrated with Covr Financial Technologies and acquired the EF Legacy Securities broker-dealer from Edelman Financial Engines. Covr grew our insurance offerings, and the EFLS deal pushed us...Continue Reading
Eliminating Commissions Opens Door to Further Innovation No-load annuities appear to be gaining traction among IARs of RIA firms, and journalist Ben Mattlin takes a stab at why in an article for Financial Advisor Magazine. Innovations among a class of next-gen, no-load annuities have reduced cost, introduced simplicity, offered liquidity, made them easier of understand...Continue Reading
In the Thanksgiving edition of Retirement Income Journal, Kerry Pechter assesses the impact of the Schwabitrade deal. In gobbling up TD Ameritrade, Schwab is consolidating power and RIA custody in one behemoth organization, the impact of which promises to be felt in some predictable and unpredictable ways. Pechter draws his particular focus on the how...Continue Reading
Under a photo captioned “Louisville Slugging” Oisin Breen writes about RetireOne’s acquisition of EF Legacy Securities broker-dealer from Edelman Financial Engines. In the “Brooke’s Note” intro to the piece, RIABiz Editor Brooke Southall says of the deal, “Nobody can dispute the beauty of guaranteed income. But in financial advice, such a thing takes the form...Continue Reading
RetireOne’s purchase of the Edelman broker-dealer is featured in an article by Alex Padalka for FinancialAdvisorIQ. Padalka discusses the benefits to advisors of the EF Legacy Securities acquisition, a transaction that promises to grow the RetireOne insurance and annuity back office services for RIAs. He quotes CEO David Stone, who says RIAs come to RetireOne...Continue Reading
