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Private Letter Ruling Offers Tax Relief for RIA Clients

A recent private letter ruling (“PLR”) offers tax relief for the annuity-owning clients of registered investment advisors. Issued by the...
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Are Fintech Firms Ignoring a Huge Opportunity?

If you’ve worked in financial services for the past 20 years, or you follow financial media, you might think that...
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American Life Launches New MYGA

Midwest Holding subsidiary American Life has launched their first-ever Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuity (MYGA) for the RIA market. American Life consulted...
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Three Things RIAs Can Do Right Now

The unexpected Gift of Social Distancing The age of social distancing has given me an unexpected gift. I’ve found that...
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The American Dream of Retirement…Allocations

Markets reacted terribly to news of the Corona Virus hitting American shores last week. Stocks suffered their largest weekly loss...
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10 Years of Simplicity OID

The origin story This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Simplicity OID. The company has a storied history, full of...
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Authenticity Attracts, Curiosity Converts

Grow Your Business by Focusing on Others Business Networking International (or BNI), a networking organization with more than 3700 chapters...
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Wade Pfau Explores New Solution for Sequence-of-Return Risk

The Future is Unbundled Sequence-of-return risk can play havoc with an individual investor’s retirement income. The “fragile decade” – the...
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Study Shows “Clear Interest” In Annuities for Protection

Investors Increasingly Drawn to Lifetime Income Thanks to Harry Markowitz’ Modern Portfolio Theory, the 60/40 portfolio has been a widely...
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