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David A. Littell, JD, CHFC®

Joseph E. Boettner Chair in Research Professor of Taxation Co-Director of the New York Life Center for Retirement Income Areas of Expertise: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Pension Planning, Qualified Plans, Retirement Planning

Posts by David A. Littell, JD, CHFC®

Retirement, Retirement Blog Series

Current Trends in Executive Compensation

The financial services profession offers many opportunities for advisors to help add value for their clients. When working with companies, establishing executive compensation...

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Retirement Income Research Findings With David Blanchett

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...

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Practical Considerations in Health Care and Long-Term Care Planning

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...

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Annuities in Retirement Income Planning

In this series of interviews, professor Jamie Hopkins and I talk with retirement income expert Curtis Cloke about using income annuities in a retirement income plan. The...

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Help Your Clients Learn about Retirement Income Planning

The 2017 RICP® Retirement Income Literacy Survey once again reminded us that consumers do not know a lot about retirement income planning. Three-fourths of the 60- to 75-year-old...

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Current Thinking About Social Security Claiming

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...

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Evaluating Options When Choosing Care Facilities

In this week’s retirement blog series, we revisit a discussion with Anna Rappaport and an article she wrote called “Improving Retirement by Integrating Family, Friends, Housing...

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Building a Retirement Income Practice

This week we are posting a series of videos discussing a number of issues to consider when building a retirement income practice. This includes interviews with three different...

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A Shortcut for Determining Retirement Expenses

Determining how much income a client needs in retirement is a critical step in building a retirement income plan. However, because of the data gathering that is required, this...

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