Saying “Farewell” to an Industry Giant, Women’s Equality Day, Equal Pay for Superior Play, Private Letter Ruling, Fee-Based Life, and Recession Worries/Sequence of Returns Risk In Memoriam On Thursday, October 3 Envestnet founder and CEO Jud Bergman and his wife Mary Miller-Bergman were tragically killed in an automobile accident in San Francisco. An impaired driver...Continue Reading
Retirees face many risks in retirement. One risk they face early in retirement can compound another they may encounter later in retirement. These risks are sequence of returns risk and longevity risk. Devices that advisors employ in their clients’ retirement income plans include tactics that aim to mitigate longevity risk. No one wants to outlive...Continue Reading
A recent private letter ruling (“PLR”) offers tax relief for the annuity-owning clients of registered investment advisors. Issued by the IRS in August, the ruling allows fee-based advisors who manage client assets in non-qualified annuities to bill from them directly without creating a taxable event. Because of the positive impact on client experiences, many financial...Continue Reading
Flat-fee variable annuity Elite Access Advisory IISM, income-focused Perspective Advisory II® va, and zero-surrender-charge fixed indexed annuity Marketprotector AdvisorySM from Jackson National were added to the RetireOne platform and Emile Hallez covered the deal for “Ignites.” Noting the growing demand for fee-based insurance and annuity solutions among RIAs, Hallez writes that awareness of these zero-commission...Continue Reading
Jackson to offer advisory variable and fixed index annuities through RetireOne platform San Francisco, Calif. – Sept. 4, 2019 – RetireOne®, the leading independent platform for fee-based insurance solutions, and Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (“Jackson®”) announced a new strategic alliance to bring the carrier’s popular advisory annuity products to fee-only advisors through the independent...Continue Reading
If you’ve worked in financial services for the past 20 years, or you follow financial media, you might think that Baby Boomers were the only American generation. Indeed, most of us regurgitate the dog-eared ‘10,000 Boomers turn 65 every day’ stat the way elementary students dispassionately recite the Pledge of Allegiance. With so many children...Continue Reading
Since occupying Vanguard’s Chief Executive seat in January of this year, Tim Buckley has been quick to assert his leadership and begin building a legacy. Most recently they’ve announced partnerships that will expand their reach into China, a venture into private equity, and the shuttering of their annuity business. Writing in RIABiz about all of...Continue Reading
Hoo’s, Defense, FIAs, the 500th RIJ, Dynamic, Risk, Legislation, Trade War, Regulation, RegBI Opine, the “F” Word, Vanguard, Leo-nard Bernstein! Our titular inspiration for this quarter’s News and Notes comes from R.E.M.’s 1987 rap “It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine).” The song climbed to #69 on Billboard’s...Continue Reading
Partnership grants firm’s wealth managers access to no-load fiduciary marketplace of next-gen risk-managed solutions San Francisco, Calif. – June 4, 2019 – Dynamic Wealth Advisors has partnered with RetireOne® to offer insurance and annuity back office services for the wealth management firms it supports. The new partnership provides distribution, education, servicing, and support for no-load...Continue Reading
Investment News Contributing Editor Mary Beth Franklin reports that two major themes emerged from the recent Retirement Income Summit in Chicago: the economic impact of increasing longevity, and the need for guaranteed lifetime income as one American turns 73 every seven seconds (source: Joseph Coughlin, MIT Agelab). Certainly, the Retirement Income challenge is exacerbated by a growing...Continue Reading
