DIETRICH, one of the nation’s largest independent advisory firms specializing in promoting the financial health of retirement plan sponsors, the plans they manage and the participant retirements they support through education, objective advice, and access to insured institutional solutions, has hired a second senior retirement plan administrator/pension underwriter to join their skilled team of retirement...Read More
What can advisors glean from the recent popularity spike of the perennially disparaged variable annuity? Though their origins can be traced back to the Roman Empire, annuities have been historically underutilized by advisors. But that could be changing, panelists told attendees at Pershing's annual Insite conference.Read More
There are some striking differences between the European and American scenes when it comes to pension plan management. The more long-term and strategic approach typically embodied by private pension plans in the U.K. has allowed those plans to be early adopters of LDI and other forms of de-risking. Plans in the U.S. are playing catch-up.Read More
DIETRICH, a leading national pension risk transfer company specializing in providing insured institutional solutions to plan sponsors interested in transferring risk from their retirement plans, has hired a Client Relationship Manager to join their experienced team of professionals.Read More
Lockheed Martin Corp. made headlines at the end of January when it announced plans to shift retiree pensions to annuities offered by a life insurer. In doing so, it joins an expanding list of companies, including FedEx Corp., Raytheon Co. and Alcoa Corp., that have transferred billions of dollars in liabilities to an insurer.Read More
The latest Issue Brief publication from the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) shows only a very small percentage of defined contribution (DC) and individual retirement account (IRA) balances are annuitized in a given year.Read More
As the Season of Giving grows near, the team at DIETRICH wasted no time jumping right into working together to support a variety of local and national non-profits.Read More
DIETRICH and the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania joined forces for the 30th Anniversary of the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania Fall Festival at Villanova University from November 2nd – 4th as part of the Special Olympics’ Inclusion Revolution.Read More
There is no sign of a slowing in demand for longevity risk transfer and reinsurance solutions, as pensions continue to seek out partners to help them transfer their exposures and longevity risk itself looks set to increase again, as health advances could accelerate longevity improvements.Read More
