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Navigating Financial Futures: Advisors and Retirement Income Planning

Matthew Drinkwater, Ph.D., FSRI, FLMI, AFSI, PCS 5/1/2024

Find out how advisors are providing retirement income planning services to their clients.

Summary

In recent research, LIMRA examined the retirement income services offered by financial advisors who are licensed to provide fee-based investment advice. This report highlights the key findings related to income planning, along with formal written plans for managing income, expenses, and assets in re­tirement for pre-retiree and recent retiree clients. It examines which income-related areas of training advisors are seeking. The views of investors are also compared with those of advisors.

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Meet the Project Director

Matthew Drinkwater, Ph.D., FSRI, FLMI, AFSI, PCS

Matt Drinkwater, who joined LIMRA in 1999, leads the annuity and retirement income primary research program. He has led the creation of several major studies of retirement planning, retirement income planning and management, and consumer preferences for receiving advice. Drinkwater has directed several institutional retirement research projects, including studies of asset retention and the rollover market. His research on annuities has encompassed in-depth studies of product features, buyer and owner characteristics, persistency, and living benefit utilization.

He is a graduate of Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and holds a doctorate in psychology from Brown University.

Corporate Vice President, Annuity and Retirement Income Research
LIMRA and LOMA
mdrinkwater@limra.com


For more information, please contact mdrinkwater@limra.com.

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