NEWKIRK INTRODUCES NEW RETIREMENT PAYOUT ESTIMATORS: Financial services application services provider Newkirk has rolled out two new retirement payout estimators for retirement plan providers.
While the company has offered a calculator that demonstrates the benefits of saving, the new calculators focus on the amount of funds that are available on a month-to-month basis for withdrawal after retirement. The calculator is available in both a printed and an online version.
The 4-in.-by-9-in. printed slide calculator, which is available with or without a custom imprint, presents two retirement payout scenarios: The first, “How much can I withdraw?,” allows individuals to select their projected retirement balance and their number of planned years in retirement. The calculator will provide the amount of funds available for withdrawal without prematurely exhausting the account based on one of three rates of return.
The “How long will my money last?” scenario projects the length of time participant retirement income should last based on the participant’s anticipated balance, desired monthly income and anticipated number of years in retirement. Three rates of return are provided.
The online version of the calculator includes the two scenarios provided by the printed estimator, plus a projection of how much money users will need at retirement given their expected needs, anticipated number of years in retirement, anticipated rate of return, and the rate of inflation. The online estimator uses software developed by Newkirk subsidiary MasteryPoint Financial Technologies.
NAPFA LAUNCHES PRACTICE BUY/SELL WEB SITE: Business Transitions LLC has formed a strategic partnership with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to provide an online forum for the fee-only planning group’s 1,100 members to buy or sell their practices exclusively to other NAPFA members.
“When it is time for one of our advisors to retire or reduce the size of their practice, their clients want another NAPFA member to take over,” said Ellen Turf, chief executive of the Arlington Heights, Ill.-based association.
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David Grau, president of Business Transitions, which has handled sales and acquisitions among the group’s members, noted that NAPFA members “always prefer selling to, or buying from, another NAPFA member.”
NAPFA members receive free membership on the NAPFA Transitions site, discounted closing commissions, confidential listings, NAPFA Transitions-specific form contracts to complete their transactions, a private communication system between buyers and sellers, and the ability to sell partial books of business. The site is sponsored by the Fidelity Registered Investment Advisor Group.
Through a partnership with Business Transitions, NAPFA members will also have access to transition and succession planning consulting services through Practice Merger Consultants, led by NAPFA members David Drucker and Kristofor Behn.
According to Business Transitions, NAPFA is the first national organization for financial advisors to provide its members with a private-label transition planning forum. NAPFA Transitions marks the sixth transition planning platform launched by Business Transitions, which also runs FP Transitions, FP Transitions/Canada, RIA Transitions, CPA Transitions and Insurance Transitions.
