Subscribe

John Hancock retirement unit to open up its retirement plan products to Edward Jones

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services today kicked off a relationship with Edward D. Jones & Co. LP, providing the firm's financial advisers with access to its retirement plan products.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services today kicked off a relationship with Edward D. Jones & Co. LP, providing the firm’s financial advisers with access to its retirement plan products.
Edward Jones advisers now have access to John Hancock’s 401(k) platform, its defined-contribution plans and its guaranteed-income-for-life optional rider for 401(k) plans.
That rider allows participants to place their 401(k) dollars in up to four John Hancock lifestyle funds to establish a guaranteed-benefit base from which clients can take 5% in annual distributions.
Edward Jones’ more than 12,000 advisers will also have access to the JH Signature group annuity product line, which provides a variety of fixed-income investment options, asset allocation portfolios and other options.

Related Topics:

Learn more about reprints and licensing for this article.

Recent Articles by Author

Stuck in the middle

Newly elected Finra board member whose firm is connected to a bribery scandal says the matter should have no effect on his ability to serve.

Fighting for market share in the LTC business

A handful of publicly held life insurers dominate the market for traditional long-term-care insurance, but mutual life insurers are beginning to make inroads with agents and financial advisers.

Breaking up is hard to do – especially with annuities

When a client came to his office bearing her new divorce decree, adviser Dale Russell became the bearer…

Longevity insurance promising – but higher rates would help

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service like it, as do many estate-planning experts. Now all that…

Long-term care: Cutting back coverage

When a 74-year-old client visited Ellen R. Siegel six years ago with news of an upcoming 12% rate increase on the premium of her long-term-care insurance, the adviser knew she had to navigate the potential benefit cuts with the precision of a surgeon.

X

Subscribe and Save 60%

Premium Access
Print + Digital

Learn more
Subscribe to Print