Tag: annuities in 401(k) plans
Emergency expenses are eating up a lot of retirees’ money. A few months ago, a colleague asked me what I thought about annuities in 401(k) plans. Before Harvard reclaims my Ph.D., let me lay out the merits of annuities. Annuities are contracts that provide a stream of monthly payments in exchange for a premium. T…
United Technologies does it, but does any other major company? My colleagues and I are beginning to think seriously about embedding annuities in 401(k) plans. 401(k) plans generally offer lump sums, which means that retirees have to decide how much to withdraw each year. They face the risk of either spending too quickly and outliving…
