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The Winds of Change in Retirement Plan Design: Guaranteed Lifetime Income

We believe resolutely that there is a slowly, but inexorably, growing movement in the US towards reshaping the question of retirement readiness – at least in part – from wealth accumulation to guaranteed lifetime income (e.g., think old-fashioned pension benefit for life – but in a defined.

Financial Institutions 4th Quarter 2018 Strategy

Economic Overview

The economy is growing at a remarkable pace. Second quarter GDP increased 4.2% and the 3rd quarter may also exceed 4.0%. It seems likely 4th quarter GDP will be between 3.0% and 3.5%. Up to this point, the Fed seems to have gotten both.

Market Volatility Returns

With many portfolios flat or slightly down for the year, the 1st and 4th quarters have book-ended a volatile 2018 with 11% and 7% respective sell-offs in the broader market. What's causing the volatility and is it normal historically?

What's Causing It?...For most investors, 2018 has felt.

Feature Articles: Institutional Investment Consulting

The Winds of Change in Retirement Plan Design: Guaranteed Lifetime Income

By Justin Dorsey

November 15, 2018Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement Plans

Crafting the Retirement Readiness Scorecard

By Devon Triebold

November 01, 2018Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement PlansParticipant Financial Wellness Services

How do you measure whether your participants will be ready for retirement when the time comes? This is the question we were faced with in the spring of 2017. The question was driven by wanting to assess – in a measurable way – the impact.