Francois Gadenne

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  Watch List

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2008

  Over the past five years, the focus has shifted for the independent advice community, a shift that has been reflected in the IA 25, our...

• FOCUS!

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2008

  It's a well-known fact: more and more advisors are relying on retirement planning services to boost their bottom lines. As more advisors enter the retirement...

• Gadenne to Head RIIA Full Time

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 12, 2008

  Francois Gadenne, the founding chairman of the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA), will now assume full-time leadership of the nonprofit organization, and will divest his commercial interests--including ownership in his company, Retirement Engineering, Inc.--and its associated assets including all intellectual property assets. Gadenne will continue to serve RIIA as chairman...

• NEWS & PRODUCTS, NOVEMBER 2007

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2007

  Francois Gadenne, founding chairman of the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA), says that the next challenge for the financial services industry is coming up with...

• The $20 Trillion Question

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  November 1, 2007

  Twenty trillion dollars is roughly the amount of money that retirees in coming years will be drawing down; but no one has figured out the...

• Cutting Across the Silos

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 19, 2007

  The key to building a successful retirement income practice as many clients move from accumulation to distribution is having a view of the strategies that the various financial services "silos" are engaging in, and joining the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA) is one of the best ways to do that,...

• An Awards Program for Retirement Communications

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  June 7, 2007

  The Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA) announced a new awards program designed to deliver "independent and objective benchmarking of excellence in communications for the industry."...

• Matching Assets and Retirement Needs

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne, Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2006

  The Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA) has just launched the first in a series of in-depth reports providing cutting-edge research that gets to the heart of the retirement income challenges facing millions of baby boomers across America.

• The Income Conundrum

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 1, 2006

  What's the biggest issue facing all retirees, particularly baby boomers? You guessed it: having enough income to sustain them through what will likely be a...

• Boomer Retirement Poses Immense Challenge

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2005

  To help address the retirement challenges faced by all individuals--particularly baby boomers--financial services executives have teamed up to create a new trade group, the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA).