The Best Time to Buy an Annuity Depends on Mortality
A basic life annuity makes payments when the annuity owner is alive.
In this sense, an annuity is the reverse of...
Longevity is the length or duration of a life.
A basic life annuity makes payments when the annuity owner is alive.
In this sense, an annuity is the reverse of...
Mark J. Warshawsky is Director of Retirement Research at Towers Watson.
Dr. Warshawsky served as assistant secretary for economic policy at the U.S. Treasury Department from 2004-2006 and he has held senior level economic research positions at the Federal Reserve Board, the Internal Revenue Service and...
The world is filled with investing indexes and benchmarks, and all professional investment managers measure their results relative to some type of performance standard such as the S&P 500.
On the retirement...
The Treasury Department just released a proposed set of regulations that could have a meaningful impact on the retirement income market in the U.S.
The Treasury’s guidance package builds on feedback received in response to the request for comments issued by the Labor and Treasury Departments last fall.
The...