David Littell

As a professor at The American College of Financial Services and the co-creator of the Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®) program, I’m often making lists of what I think everyone needs to know about planning for retirement. And, on a personal level, as someone who is approaching retirement myself, those lessons are really hitting home.

The financial services profession offers many opportunities for advisors to help add value for their clients. When working with companies, establishing executive compensation programs that help companies attract and retain talented executives is one such area.

One of the goals of the New York Life Center for Retirement Income is to share some of the latest research in the field of retirement income planning. In a recent interview with the prolific researcher David Blanchett, we discuss two important research areas: whether or not to change asset allocation with age, and the importance of making dynamic withdrawal and annuitization decisions.

Consumer studies continue to identify health care and long-term care costs as top concerns. Advisors helping clients prepare for retirement need to be able to help clients address these issues. In these videos, Jamie Hopkins and Kishon Pinckney interview Peter Stahl, one of the leading speakers on this subject.

In this series of interviews, we talk with retirement income expert Curtis Cloke about using income annuities in a retirement income plan. The conversations include a discussion of the role of income annuities in retirement income planning, how Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) fit into planning, and more.

The 2017 RICP^® Retirement Income Literacy Survey once again reminded us that consumers do not know a lot about retirement income planning. Encourage your clients to watch these videos made for consumers in which Anna Rappaport talks about three important retirement concerns.

In 2016, several Social Security claiming strategies for couples were eliminated, and the result of this event caused advisors to rethink traditional withdrawal strategies. In this series of interviews, Michael Kitces shares his current perspective on the issue of claiming Social Security.

In these videos, Anna Rappaport discusses choosing care options for seniors from both a personal and professional perspective.