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Enhancing Retirement Security: Lifetime Income Options Summary

Explore latest developments and legislative proposals for lifetime income options in retirement planning. Get insights on annuitization, tax rules, and the debate around default investments.

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Enhancing Retirement Security: Lifetime Income Options Summary

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  1. LIFETIME INCOME OPTIONS Marcia S. Wagner, Esq.

  2. Retirement Security and Annuitization • Obama Administration believes lifetime income options facilitate retirement security. • Initiative to reduce barriers to annuitization of 401(k) plan assets. • DOL / IRS issued a joint release with requests for information on Feb 2, 2010. • RFI addresses education, disclosure, tax rules, selection of annuity providers, 404(c) and QDIAs. • The Retirement Security Project • Released 2 white papers on DC plan annuitization. • Proposed use of annuities as default investment.

  3. Other Recent Developments in DC Plan Annuitization • Two types of legislative proposals. • Encourage annuitization with tax breaks: Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act, Retirement Security for Life Act. • Annual disclosure of what 401(k) plan balance would be worth as annuity: Lifetime Income Disclosure Act.

  4. Lifetime Income Hearing bySenate Special Committee on Aging • Senate hearing held on June 16, 2010. • The Retirement Challenge: Making Savings Last a Lifetime. • Start of legislative debate on lifetime income options. • DOL and Treasury provide early analysis on RFI concerning lifetime income options. • More than 800 responses to RFI. • Concerns expressed against government takeover of 401(k) plans. • DOL and Senator Kohl clarify that there is no interest in mandating lifetime income options.

  5. Joint Hearing by DOL, IRS and Treasury in September 2010 • Purpose is to investigate 5 focused topics. • 2 areas of general policy-related interest. • Specific concerns raised by participants. • Alternative designs of in-plan and distribution lifetime income options. • 3 areas of specific interest. • Fostering “education” to help participants make informed retirement income decisions. • Disclosure of account balances as monthly income streams. • Modifying fiduciary safe harbor for selection of issuer or product.

  6. LIFETIME INCOME OPTIONS Marcia S. Wagner, Esq. 99 Summer Street, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02110 Tel: (617) 357-5200 Fax: (617) 357-5250 Website: www.erisa-lawyers.com marcia@wagnerlawgroup.com A0055514

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