- The Big Financial Planning Opportunities for A Knowledgeable Women’s Market
Advancing retirement literacy... and a desire to build a financially secure future
According to the latest Women’s Retirement Literacy Report from The American College of Financial Services, four out of five (82%) older American women report having a plan for retirement income. Yet the results reveal a staggering gap between women with an idea about retirement income options and the ones who have a formal, written retirement…
read more - Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty for 2021
Still, the U.S. stock market continues to power through
In a new year already marked by political turmoil and a worsening global pandemic, uncertainty rules. Amid vaccine rollouts and economic stimulus measures in many developed nations, high hopes for 2021 are counterbalanced by continued virus spread, lockdowns and elevated unemployment in affected industries. Despite this, the US stock market powered through to end 2020…
read more - Our Year of Opportunity
After disruption comes the opportunity for refocus and reinvention
The Workforce Institute at UKG today released its annual predictions of the top trends that will impact the global workforce in 2021.
read more - Majority of Americans Plan to Spend Stimulus Check on Household Bills
...But how far will $600 go?
doxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released new doxoINSIGHTS survey data that looks at consumer sentiment toward the U.S. government’s $600 stimulus checks. With more than half of all Americans believing that they will receive a stimulus check, the latest doxoINSIGHTS survey shows that the majority of Americans (59%) plan to…
read more - Mindset of Affluent Investors Links Customer Experience to Future Loyalty to Financial Firms
Investors showing investor loyalty is tenuous based on portfolio performance and advisor behavior
InMoment®, the leading provider of Experience Improvement (XI)™ solutions, announced new research of affluent U.S. investors showing investor loyalty is tenuous based on portfolio performance and advisor behavior. However, attitudes about investing and risk have remained steady during the pandemic. Financial firms interested in adopting experience improvement guidance from InMoment can proactively address these client…
read more - Allianz Begins Eight-Year Worldwide Olympic & Paralympic Partnership
Launches partnership in the United States, announces sponsorship of Paralympian Matt “The Armless Archer” Stutzman
Allianz SE, parent company of U.S.-based Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life), Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz Partners and Euler Hermes, officially began its eight-year worldwide partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Movements on Jan. 1, building on a collaboration with the Paralympic Movement that began in 2006. As the…
read more - Deficits in Financial Literacy Cost Americans $415 Billion in 2020
Does lacking knowledge affect a person's bottom line?
Lack of financial knowledge and education can have a powerful impact on individuals' personal finances. Recently, however, the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) sought to discover whether lacking knowledge affected a person's bottom line.
read more - U.S. Life Insurance Activity hits Record Growth in 2020
Growth driven by ages 0-59
U.S. life insurance application activity ended 2020 up +4.0, the highest annual year over year growth rate on record, according to the year-end MIB Life Index. December 2020 was up 3.7% over December 2019, the highest YOY growth rate for the month of December since 2011.
read more - Measuring The Institutional Investor Mood
Confidence on the rise with expectations for 2021 guidance high
Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Earnings Primer, which captures trends in institutional investor sentiment. The survey, which marks the 45th issue of Inside The Buy-side®, was conducted from December 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021 and is based on responses from 80 institutional investors and sell side…
read more - What’s The Current Mindset Of Affluent Investors?
There is a direct link between customer experience and future loyalty
InMoment®, the leading provider of Experience Improvement (XI)™ solutions, announced new research of affluent U.S. investors showing investor loyalty is tenuous based on portfolio performance and advisor behavior. However, attitudes about investing and risk have remained steady during the pandemic. Financial firms interested in adopting experience improvement guidance from InMoment can proactively address these client…
read more - US Banks May See 4Q Upside as Reserves Fall on Improved Outlook
Increased stimulus, vaccine mass-distribution boost forecasts
Some U.S. banks may report reserve releases in their upcoming 4Q20 results under the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard, as the increased stimulus and the expected mass distribution of vaccines have improved the economic forecasts, says Fitch Ratings. As a result, negative provision expenses could benefit earnings, despite the expectation of a increases…
read more - The Winners Write The History
No one promotes tales of woe, only cries of success
by Bruce Turkel
You probably know Matt Groening as the wildly successful creator of The Simpsons. The show is the longest-running primetime series in US and has won 32 Emmy Awards, ten in the category of Outstanding Animated Program alone. What’s more, its record 636 episodes have been nominated for the Emmy 89 times.
read more - Corporate Pensions End 2020 With Funded Ratio Of 88.2%
Milliman PFI discount rate hits year-end record low of 2.46% but annual asset return for 2020 was strong at 11.72%
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the year-end results of its latest Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans. In 2020, corporate pension funding ended down $50 billion for the year, with the funding ratio dropping from 89.8% at the end of 2019 to…
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