Tag: lifetime income DC 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…
The proposed legislation could boost lifetime income options in defined-contribution plans. It is great to see the re-emergence of the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act (RESA) jointly sponsored by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). This proposed legislation mirrors a proposal that was approved by the Finance Committee in 2016 but died when Congress…
