Near the end of 2016, the US Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published two significant sets of proposed regulations on issues pertaining to defined benefit pension plans.

Because annuities offer advantages like regular lifetime payments, premium protection, tax-deferred growth, unlimited contributions, and various investment options, they should be a part of your ...

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Your hard-earned right to receive future social security benefit payments potentially constitutes a significant portion of your planned retirement income. For those of us in the pre-retirement years, ...