A retirement budget has two major parts: income and expenses. Income can come from many sources, including Social Security or ...

A variable annuity, which ties returns to market performance, introduces more risk and reward. Historical averages suggest ...

Three-legged stool of retirement planning has grown a bit wobbly over the years as fewer workers can rely on a pension.

If you're nearing retirement and thinking about turning your savings into guaranteed monthly income, a $250,000 annuity might ...

When securing your financial future, especially during retirement, “annuity” often comes up. Yet, this financial product remains uncertain for many, shrouded in more questions than answers. Despite ...

In a recent policy forum, industry experts offered their take on what’s hot in investments that will grow retirement plans and increase retirement income, as well as how the resulting revenue is being ...

MetLife’s annuities will be available on Alight’s benefits platform, which serves nearly 12 million defined contribution plan ...

When retirement planning with a client, the transition from the accumulation phase (where the focus is on building wealth) to the decumulation phase (where the focus shifts to using that wealth to ...

Things change over the course of four years - even the feelings of more than two thousand 401(k) participants when it comes to guaranteed lifetime income. When asked in 2021, fewer than six in 10 ...

For many retirees, the biggest financial fear isn’t a market crash — it’s running out of money. One way to lock in predictable income for life — and avoid the nightmare of running out of money in ...

Pension annuity sales increased by a quarter (24 per cent) last year to reach a 10-year peak of 89,600, numbers from the Association of British Insurers show.