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David Lau: Taking High Commissions Out of Annuities

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Registered Index Lending Annuities - What Are the Advantages?

Axa now has a line of registered index linked annuities. These are kind of like structured note products, and they were introduced maybe eight years ago. They work sort of like that fixed index anuity, but instead of near that zero floor that the fixed index has, there is a a buffer of loss that the carrier will price those options at. The cap rates on those products in an s and p is more like 15 to 18 %.

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