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BlackRock, Harvard: Retirees Don’t Know What They Want, but It Might Be Annuities

By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne | May 3, 2012

“You don’t get a radically different answer when you change the wording of a question about whether you want chocolate or vanilla ice cream, but with annuities you do,” says Harvard professor David Laibson.
BlackRock: Early Boomers Ripe for Target Date Fund Shake-Up

By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne | May 18, 2011

BlackRock has news for America’s Early Boomers: don’t expect your employer to help you figure out how to spend your DC retirement plan savings.
BlackRock Creates Target Date Fund That Morphs Into a Post-Retirement Annuity

By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne | July 1, 2010

Asset management giant BlackRock has developed a 401(k) target fund that morphs into a post-retirement annuity.

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