Single-premium deferred annuity
An insurance policy bought by the sponsor of a pension plan for a single premium. In return, the insurance company agrees to make lifelong payments to the employee (the policyholder) when that employee retires. |
Similar financial terms
Deferred-coupon bondsBonds that let the issuer avoid using cash to make interest payments for a specified number of years. There are three types of deferred-coupon structures: (a) deferred-interest bonds, (b) step-up bonds and (c) payment-in-kind bonds.
Deferred assets
Payments that will be assigned as expenses in a later period, but that are paid in advance and temporarily set up as assets on the balance sheet.
Deferred credits
Deferred income listed in the liability section of the balance sheet.
Tax-deferred retirement plans
Employer-sponsored and other plans that allow contributions and earnings to be made and accumulate tax-free until they are paid out as benefits.
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
The formal name for the load of a back-end load fund.
Deferred charge
An expenditure treated as an asset that carries forward until it becomes pertinent to the business at hand, e.g., the underwriting fees on a corporate bond issue, which the corporation capitalizes as a deferred charge and then amortizes over the life of the bond issue.
Annuity
A regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time.
RAMs (Reverse-annuity mortgages)
Mortgages in which the bank makes a loan for an amount equal to a percentage of the appraisal value of the home. The loan is then paid to the homeowner in the form of an annuity.
Normal annuity form
The manner in which retirement benefits are paid out.
