Optimizing Retirement Income Solutions in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
Optimizing Retirement Income Solutions in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

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Learn how recent Society of Actuaries research can be applied to retirement income options and investing decisions for DC plan sponsors, participants and consumers.
This presentation highlights conclusions from a four-phase research project sponsored by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Stanford Center on Longevity. It illustrates an analytical framework for evaluating retirement income generators (RIGs) that could be offered in defined contribution retirement plans, and how to use a diversified portfolio approach for developing retirement income strategies.
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In "Optimizing Retirement Income Solutions in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans" by Steve Vernon and Wade Phau, you will:
- Apply stochastic forecasting and efficient frontiers to illustrate an analytical framework for retirees and advisers to make informed retirement income allocation decisions;
- Learn the retirement income generators (RIGs) that are currently available for DC retirement plans and are straightforward to implement;
- Determine if outcomes can be improved by using retirement savings to enable delaying Social Security benefits;
- Review solutions that use qualified longevity annuity contracts (QLACs) to design retirement income solutions;
- Analyze solutions that protect retirement income in the period leading up to retirement with deferred income annuities and guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits.
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Your presenters are Steve Vernon, FSA, MAAA, Research Scholar, Stanford Center on Longevity, President of Rest-of-Life Communications and Wade Pfau, Ph.D., CFA is a Professor of Retirement Income for the American College of Financial Services and the Director of Retirement Research for McLean Asset Management, as well as the author of Insights & Research for Lifetime Financial Planning for the Retirement Researcher.

Meet Steve Vernon, FSA, MAAA, Strategies for a Healthy and Secure Retirement Expert
Retirement planning experience
As an actuary and author, Steve Vernon writes, speaks, and prepares research on the most challenging issues facing retirees today, including finances, health, and lifestyle.
As a Research Scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity, Steve helps collect, direct, and disseminate research that will improve the financial security of workers. He focuses on developing reliable sources of retirement income, managing retirement living expenses, and protecting against common risks. Underlying his work is an emphasis on behavioral economics, to help people of all ages make effective financial decisions that will impact their retirement years.
He also writes a regular column for CBS MoneyWatch.
Retirement planning thought leadership and expertise
Steve uses his actuarial expertise, contacts, and decades of consulting experience to help people retire with security, dignity, good health, and purpose in life.
Steve advocates using simple retirement planning strategies for your money, health, and lifestyle that are realistic and practical for most working Americans. He provides just information and education, and does not sell investments, insurance, or any other products. This enables him to “tell it like it is” since he’s not paid to sell any products or services.
Steve Vernon shares practical strategies and ideas for enhancing finances, health, and lifestyle for the “rest-of-life” life phase, also known as retirement. With an effective mix of humor, stories, video clips, pictures, music, and cold hard actuarial analysis, he provides hope for working Americans with pervasive fear and anxiety about retirement.

Meet Wade D. Pfau, Ph.D., CFA,
Retirement Income Expert
Retirement planning experience
Wade D. Pfau, Ph.D., CFA, RICP, is the curriculum director of the Retirement Income Certified Professional designation and a Professor of Retirement Income at The American College of Financial Services in King of Prussia, PA. He is also a Principal and Director for McLean Asset Management. He holds a doctorate in economics from Princeton University.
Retirement planning thought leadership and expertise
Wade publishes frequently in a wide variety of academic and practitioner research journals on topics related to retirement income. He hosts the Retirement Researcher website, and is a contributor to Forbes, Advisor Perspectives, Journal of Financial Planning, and an Expert Panelist for the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of the books, Safety-First Retirement Planning: An Integrated Approach for a Worry-Free Retirement, How Much Can I Spend in Retirement? A Guide to Investment-Based Retirement Income Strategies, and Reverse Mortgages: How to Use Reverse Mortgages to Secure Your Retirement.
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