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Annuities with guaranteed income benefit riders are popular and appear valuable, but let’s run the numbers.

Group suggests gauging sophistication of individuals based on knowledge, or limiting the portion of a portfolio that can be invested in private placements.

Via NAFA, here are some of the most important annuity questions clients will ask.

FINRA ‘very focused’ on VAs; also watching inflation-sensitive products.

Product remains at top of investor complaint list and the self-regulator wants to ensure investors understand what they’re getting into.

The Hartford is betting that enhancements to its variable annuity suite will pull it ahead of competitors in the race to offer investors secure retirement income options.

In what seems to be an about-face, wirehouses are embracing fixed indexed annuities, which offer investors a guaranteed-minimum return and the opportunity to partake in stock market gains.

One of the fundamental laws of investing is that when everyone agrees on something there is something important they are not seeing.

High hidden fees, long surrender periods just some of the pitfalls.

A former black sheep, indexed annuities are becoming more popular.