Annuities

Advisors may say they're comfortable developing retirement income strategies -- but none seem to agree on the right way to create an income stream.

Despite a tarnished reputation, annuities make sense for some clients. Even so, advisors highlight some of the biggest challenges they face in using annuities for clients.

In the first half of 2013, they generated $283.3 million in revenue, the most they’ve made in the first six months of any year since 2007.

Lincoln joins about a dozen companies who either offer or have filed to offer an annuity product that is gaining traction in the market.

In the second quarter, fixed annuities experienced highest quarterly sales since 2011, according to data from Morningstar and Beacon Research.

Deferred income annuities last year generated about $1 billion in sales and are expected to be the fastest growing annuity product.

Clients who inherit an annuity may now have a few more options thanks to a recent private letter ruling from the IRS.

Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, wants to custody more client assets. Here's what he's offering in return.

Wheaton Wealth Partners reaches out to clients by "mind mapping" their emotional priorities first, then developing a plan and a portfolio.

During the first quarter of 2013, banks generated $790.7 million in annuity sales, up 1.2% from $781.7 million in the same quarter last year.

A study by the Congressional Budget Office counteracts longstanding conventional wisdom that retirees should hold at least some of their portfolio in annuities

Those popular annuities and their guarantees became too expensive for the so-called manufacturers to offer. Some got out of the game and those that remain have cut back on features. What can an advisor do?

The FPA's president says advisors of all ages should be thinking about the next chapter of their careers.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. agreed to sell its U.K. variable-annuity business to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for about $285 million in cash.

For a majority of financial advisors, life insurance planning isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Lets just admit it. The words "indexed annuity" make advisors cringe. But is it time to give these products another look?

Sessions at the 25th annual Morningstar Investment Conference covered a range of topics from actively managed ETFs, closed-end funds and alternatives to strategies to boost retirement income and solutions to the “yield conundrum.” Here is a baker's dozen of the smartest things we heard at the conference.

A week after investors pulled out of low-grade bond funds at record levels, ING’s chief investment officer Christine Hurtsellers said that the selloff is “overdone.”

The annual FP50 finds growth moderating, as well as firms strategizing to retain and build market share

Annuity providers generated $51.7 billion in sales in the first quarter, down 6% from a year earlier.