Lifetime Income

The New Generation of Annuities: Balancing Flexibility, Stability and the Pooling of Interests

By Robert Toth on February 28, 2009

I mentioned in a posting last week that we will take some time on this blog to work through a number of the legal and technical issues related to annuitizing out of 401(k) plans. This, in effect, allows the 401(k) plan to offer the best features of the Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans without…

401(k) Annuities: “Defined Benefit” Guarantees Using a 401(k) Account

By Robert Toth on February 20, 2009

Posted in Lifetime Income, Lifetime Income Published Papers

It is back to the future, in an odd sort of way. There is growing trade press coverage on the interests of 401(k) plans and plan participants on turning a portion of participants’ account balances into a "defined benefit-like" guaranteed income stream. Follow, for example, this link to Plan Advisor.com.

There are really two ways…

Robert TothPrincipal

Bob Toth has practicing employee benefits law since 1983. His practice focuses on the design, administration and distribution of financial products and services for retirement…

Bob Toth has practicing employee benefits law since 1983. His practice focuses on the design, administration and distribution of financial products and services for retirement plans.

Conni TothManaging Pension Consultant

Conni Toth, co-founder and managing consultant for Applied Pension Professionals, LLC, brings more than 25 years of experience in retirement planning to the financial…

Conni Toth, co-founder and managing consultant for Applied Pension Professionals, LLC, brings more than 25 years of experience in retirement planning to the financial services industry.