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Retirement plan advisers should bone up on lifetime income

Expect rapid product innovation and growing demand in this area, along with considerable business opportunity

The continuing demise of defined benefit plans and increasing concern about the future of Social Security have dramatically reduced the certainty of retirement income for most Americans. Guaranteed income options in defined-contribution plans offer the opportunity to help reverse that trend.

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