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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Notable quotes from the Managing Retirement Income Conference

Speakers expressed some interesting opinions at the Managing Retirement Income Conference on Feb. 10. Their comments are paraphrased below.
  • It'll take at least two years at 5% equity returns for people to make back what their 401(k) plans lost in the 2008  stock market decline.--Jack L. VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute
  • Retirement will turn out to have been a twentieth century retirement phenomenon. Fewer people can afford our concept of retirement because of longer lives and all three legs of the retirement stool getting shorter.--Larry Cohen, SRI Consulting
  • Only one in six LIMRA survey respondents have taken action--mostly reallocating balances--related to the economic crisis. Respondents are planning to reduce debt, delay making investments, and reduce plan contributions.--Bob Kerzner, LIMRA International
  • A tremendous demand for financial advice is coming, but people lack confidence in financial advisors.--Bill Dwyer, LPL Financial Services
  • Top earners might be willing to give up receiving Social Security payments, which they don't need, in return for not paying more for Social Security--John Murphy, Oppenheimer Funds
  • It's a myth that income annuities reduce liquidity and your children's inheritance. Used properly, they can allow your assets to grow. --Steve Deschenes, MassMutual
  • There are three categories of managed payout funds: perpetual horizon endowment, horizon targeted self-annuitizing, and dollar payout targeting.--Richard Fulmer, Russell Investments
Related post: "Highlights from the Managing Retirement Income Conference"



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3 comments:

  1. "It'll take at least two years at 5% equity returns for people to make back what their 401(k) plans lost in the 2008 stock market decline."
    Huh?

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  2. You can find out more about VanDerhei and his research at http://www.ebri.org/about/team/index.cfm?fa=JackVanDerhei

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  3. I think managing income is always important, but it becomes even more critical during retirement, when your income comes from your savings rather than from wages and earnings. So I always plan my retirement income for the future.

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