Let‘s face it: in today’s competitive market, your affluent clients are expecting more.
This year researchers reported that affluent families find annuities an appealing addition to their retirement portfolios.
What percentage of affluent families found the following options appealing?
Traditional portfolio consisting of just stock and bond mutual funds
Traditional portfolio + variable annuity with a guaranteed income rider
Traditional portfolio + fixed indexed annuity with a guaranteed income rider
How Investors Evaluate Guaranteed Lifetime Income Products: Report on an National Survey, CANNEX Greenwald, June 1, 2016
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Systematic withdrawal plans do not obviously outperform annuities as a way to meet retirement spending goals as well as providing support for contingencies and legacy.
“Longevity risk is one of the key risks that can be managed effectively by an annuity. Investment and sequence risks are also alleviated through the more conservative investing approach for the underlying annuitized assets.”
The latest generation of fixed indexed annuities does this and more by providing access to savings and death benefits not found in traditional longevity annuities.