DSG Dimensions is a quarterly newsletter which includes topical, informative articles related to current work and market issues. Many of our past articles can be accessed below. You are welcome to copy or circulate articles, provided that you give appropriate attribution to DSG. Comments, suggestions for future article topics, or other communications from readers are always welcome.

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• From Strategy to Action
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• The Retiree mindset: Repairing the disconnects Between Financial Service Marketers and the Retiree Market.
• The Retirement Income Market: An Untapped Opportunity to Serve the Older Population.

• What Retirement Income Planning Will Look Like in 2013 — Chuck Yanikoski
• Deciding on a Product Strategy vs. an Advice Strategy For the Retirement Income Market — Robert F. Vickery
• The Future Outlook for Retirement Income — James R. Sholder
• Managing Retirement Income Expectations —Bob Grieb
• Selected Findings From DSG’s 2007 Retirement Income Products Study — James R. Sholder
• The Retirement Income Market Opportunity: Different Channels - Different Perspectives —
  J. Heywood E. Sloane
• Competitor Assessment as Input to Strategy — James R. Sholder
• Managing Variable Annuity Sales — Robert F. Grieb
• Improving Strategy Effectiveness - Revising assumptions and re-focusing resources — James R. Sholder
• Segmenting the Retirement Income Market — Robert F. Vickery
• DSG's 2006 Retirement Income Products Study — A sampling of recent research — James R. Sholder
• Capturing Money in Motion: Life Events Drive Sales — Mike Sullivan
• The Retirement Income Market Challenge — Jim Sholder
• Retirement Management Market Metrics — A Work in Process — J. Heywood E. Sloane
• Addressing the Wealth Management Market — Robert. F. Grieb
• Targeting and Segmenting the Retiree Market — James R. Sholder & Robert F. Vickery
• How Retirees Select an Assisted Living Community — With Implications for Financial Service Companies — Robert F. Vickery
• DSG’s Fifth Annual Variable Payout Study — An examination of recent research — Jim Sholder
• The Retirement Market Map: Choosing Your Competitive Space — Heywood Sloane
• The Retirement Market Opportunity — Bob Grieb
• Life Event Triggers for Retirees — Robert F. Vickery
• Social Security Reform: A Likely Direction — William G. Shipman
• Identifying, Accessing & Managing Resources in Financial Institutions —Bob Grieb
• The Retirement Income Market: Time to Seize the Opportunity? — Jim Sholder

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