Explore the Retirement Income Marketplace with Fresh Insights    Enhance your distribution of retirement income products and services through financial advisors   Review best practices of advisors at the leading edge of the retirement income curve   Identify the solutions, processes, and services advisors use to deliver retirement income   Understand why most firms have yet to capitalize on the growing opportunity for retirement income solutions   Understand best practices in the delivery of retirement income solutions – tailored to your needs and interests     Practical Perspectives offers customized consulting and research support designed to help asset managers, insurance companies, broker dealers, and other organizations jump start efforts to build a more effective retirement income business model. Our insights and analysis are based on the extensive research that we have conducted with hundreds of advisors in recent years. The capabilities we provide include: Research Reports: Retirement Income Series Trends in Retirement Income Delivery: Advisor Portfolio Construction, Product Usage and Sales Support (2Q 2011)  143 page report incorporating input from more than 260 advisors across channels examining the products, providers and sales support practices for advisors delivering retirement income support The Continued Evolution of Retirement Income Delivery: An Analysis of Leading Practices in Advisor Support (2Q 2010) 110 page report examining how delivery of retirement income support continues to evolve across distribution channels based on over 100 surveys and interviews with brokers and advisors Update: Advisor Best Practices in Retirement Income (4Q 2009) 55 page report incorporating input from over 100 advisors to update findings of previous studies and how advisor practices have changed in the volatile market environment Examining Best Practices in Constructing Retirement Income Portfolios (2Q 2009) 173 page report focused on advisor practices in retirement income portfolio construction and market impact on their practices based on over online survey of over 500 advisors fielded in conjunction with InvestmentNews Advisor Best Practices in Delivering Retirement Income and Transition Support (3Q 2008) 108 page report covering advice and investment practices of top advisors serving retirees incorporating input from more than 100 interviews with retirement income practitioners and industry experts   Retirement Income Workshops Our workshops are conducted on-site at your offices and provide access to our research findings, market insights and consulting perspectives. Each workshop is tailored to your specific needs and issues, covering topics that include: The scope of services that advisors deliver to retirement clients and how the areas of support have been changing The key processes that advisors use to create and deliver retirement income support The preferred approaches used to build and manage retirement income streams Differences among key advisor segments in how they deliver retirement income support How retirement income delivery is changing with the uncertain market environment Presentations, Webinars and White Papers Using our broad research and understanding of the marketplace, we deliver conference presentations, conduct training sessions, or field webinars to help educate and inform your sales force or intermediary partners on how to tap the growing opportunities related to retirement income delivery.  Target audiences for the presentation sessions include: Advisors across channels including wirehouse/regional, bank, insurance, independent broker-dealers, and registered investment advisors Broker-dealers, RIA custodians and clearing firms Product providers such as investment management firms and insurance companies Third-party vendors Industry trade groups and associations We also provide customized white papers or communications materials which leverage our research on advisors and retirement income best practices Customized Research, Competitive Analysis, and Consulting Support We are available to provide customized consulting and research support for a range of strategic and tactical issues including: Developing new products and services Identifying competitive threats and opportunities Market testing concepts or new business models Gathering additional insights into the retirement income marketplace back to top