ARS Selects SS&C to Support Suite of Guaranteed Income Products
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) has announced a strategic partnership with ARS to integrate and distribute ARS's Lifetime Income Builder retirement products through SS&C's Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) Platform. The collaboration aims to expand access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions in the defined contribution market.
ARS's Lifetime Income Builder offers group fixed indexed annuities with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits. Through this integration, recordkeepers can easily add Lifetime Income Builder funds via CUSIPs, making lifetime income solutions more accessible. The partnership leverages SS&C's RICC platform to create seamless connectivity between recordkeepers, plan providers, product providers, advisors, and participants.
The solution features easy-to-use, professionally managed portfolios that participants control, designed to provide sustainable retirement income. This integration enables streamlined fund administration capabilities and broader distribution opportunities across leading recordkeeping platforms for ARS's target date funds integrated with Lifetime Income Builder.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) ha annunciato una partnership strategica con ARS per integrare e distribuire i prodotti pensionistici Lifetime Income Builder di ARS attraverso la piattaforma Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) di SS&C. La collaborazione mira ad ampliare l'accesso a soluzioni di reddito garantito a vita nel mercato dei contributi definiti.
Il Lifetime Income Builder di ARS offre rendite fisse indicizzate di gruppo con benefici di prelievo garantiti a vita. Attraverso questa integrazione, i custodi possono facilmente aggiungere i fondi del Lifetime Income Builder tramite CUSIP, rendendo le soluzioni di reddito a vita più accessibili. La partnership sfrutta la piattaforma RICC di SS&C per creare una connettività fluida tra custodi, fornitori di piani, fornitori di prodotti, consulenti e partecipanti.
La soluzione presenta portafogli gestiti professionalmente e facili da usare, controllati dai partecipanti, progettati per fornire un reddito pensionistico sostenibile. Questa integrazione consente capacità di amministrazione dei fondi semplificate e maggiori opportunità di distribuzione attraverso le principali piattaforme di custodia per i fondi a data target di ARS integrati con il Lifetime Income Builder.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) ha anunciado una asociación estratégica con ARS para integrar y distribuir los productos de jubilación Lifetime Income Builder de ARS a través de la plataforma Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) de SS&C. La colaboración tiene como objetivo ampliar el acceso a soluciones de ingresos garantizados de por vida en el mercado de contribuciones definidas.
El Lifetime Income Builder de ARS ofrece anualidades fijas indexadas grupales con beneficios de retiro garantizados de por vida. A través de esta integración, los custodios pueden agregar fácilmente los fondos del Lifetime Income Builder a través de CUSIPs, haciendo que las soluciones de ingresos de por vida sean más accesibles. La asociación aprovecha la plataforma RICC de SS&C para crear una conectividad fluida entre custodios, proveedores de planes, proveedores de productos, asesores y participantes.
La solución presenta carteras gestionadas profesionalmente y fáciles de usar, controladas por los participantes, diseñadas para proporcionar ingresos sostenibles para la jubilación. Esta integración permite capacidades de administración de fondos simplificadas y mayores oportunidades de distribución a través de las principales plataformas de custodia para los fondos de fecha objetivo de ARS integrados con el Lifetime Income Builder.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC)는 ARS와 전략적 파트너십을 체결하여 SS&C의 은퇴 소득 청산 및 계산(RICC) 플랫폼을 통해 ARS의 평생 소득 구축자 은퇴 상품을 통합하고 배포한다고 발표했습니다. 이 협력은 확정 기여 시장에서 보장된 평생 소득 솔루션에 대한 접근성을 확대하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
ARS의 평생 소득 구축자는 보장된 평생 인출 혜택이 있는 그룹 고정 지수 연금을 제공합니다. 이 통합을 통해 기록 보관자는 CUSIP을 통해 평생 소득 구축자 펀드를 쉽게 추가할 수 있어 평생 소득 솔루션이 더 접근 가능해집니다. 이 파트너십은 SS&C의 RICC 플랫폼을 활용하여 기록 보관자, 계획 제공자, 제품 제공자, 자문가 및 참여자 간의 원활한 연결을 생성합니다.
이 솔루션은 참여자가 제어하는 사용하기 쉬운 전문 관리 포트폴리오를 특징으로 하며, 지속 가능한 은퇴 소득을 제공하도록 설계되었습니다. 이 통합은 ARS의 목표 날짜 펀드가 평생 소득 구축자와 통합되어 주요 기록 보관 플랫폼에서 펀드 관리 기능과 더 넓은 배포 기회를 간소화할 수 있도록 합니다.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) a annoncé un partenariat stratégique avec ARS pour intégrer et distribuer les produits de retraite Lifetime Income Builder d'ARS via la plateforme Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) de SS&C. La collaboration vise à élargir l'accès aux solutions de revenus garantis à vie sur le marché des contributions définies.
Le Lifetime Income Builder d'ARS propose des rentes fixes indexées de groupe avec des avantages de retrait garantis à vie. Grâce à cette intégration, les gestionnaires de fonds peuvent facilement ajouter les fonds Lifetime Income Builder via des CUSIPs, rendant les solutions de revenus à vie plus accessibles. Le partenariat exploite la plateforme RICC de SS&C pour créer une connectivité fluide entre les gestionnaires de fonds, les fournisseurs de plans, les fournisseurs de produits, les conseillers et les participants.
La solution propose des portefeuilles gérés professionnellement et faciles à utiliser, contrôlés par les participants, conçus pour fournir un revenu de retraite durable. Cette intégration permet des capacités de gestion des fonds rationalisées et de plus grandes opportunités de distribution à travers les principales plateformes de gestion pour les fonds à date cible d'ARS intégrés avec le Lifetime Income Builder.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (Nasdaq: SSNC) hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit ARS angekündigt, um die Rentenprodukte Lifetime Income Builder von ARS über die Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) Plattform von SS&C zu integrieren und zu vertreiben. Die Zusammenarbeit zielt darauf ab, den Zugang zu garantierten lebenslangen Einkommenslösungen im Bereich der definierten Beiträge zu erweitern.
Der Lifetime Income Builder von ARS bietet gruppierte feste indexierte Rentenversicherungen mit garantierten lebenslangen Auszahlungsleistungen. Durch diese Integration können Aufzeichnungsführer die Lifetime Income Builder Fonds einfach über CUSIPs hinzufügen, wodurch lebenslange Einkommenslösungen zugänglicher werden. Die Partnerschaft nutzt die RICC-Plattform von SS&C, um eine nahtlose Konnektivität zwischen Aufzeichnungsführern, Plananbietern, Produktanbietern, Beratern und Teilnehmern zu schaffen.
Die Lösung bietet benutzerfreundliche, professionell verwaltete Portfolios, die von den Teilnehmern kontrolliert werden und darauf ausgelegt sind, nachhaltige Renteneinkommen zu bieten. Diese Integration ermöglicht vereinfachte Fondsverwaltungsfunktionen und breitere Vertriebsmöglichkeiten über führende Aufzeichnungsplattformen für die Zielterminfonds von ARS, die mit dem Lifetime Income Builder integriert sind.
- Strategic expansion into guaranteed income products market through ARS partnership
- Enhanced distribution opportunities through integration with leading recordkeeping platforms
- Streamlined product accessibility through CUSIP-based implementation
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SS&C's new partnership with ARS represents a strategic expansion of their RICC platform's capabilities in the retirement solutions marketplace. By integrating ARS's Lifetime Income Builder products, SS&C strengthens its position as a critical infrastructure provider connecting recordkeepers, plan providers, and participants.
The deal leverages SS&C's existing technological infrastructure to add new product offerings without requiring significant capital investment—an asset-light growth approach. SS&C can potentially generate incremental revenue through platform fees and transaction processing as adoption increases across recordkeeping platforms.
What's particularly valuable here is how SS&C is addressing a key friction point in the retirement income ecosystem: the technical complexity of integrating guaranteed income products with various recordkeeping systems. By simplifying this process, SS&C positions itself as an enabler for broader market adoption of guaranteed income solutions.
This partnership aligns with demographic trends driving increased demand for guaranteed income solutions as more Americans approach retirement age. SS&C benefits from this market expansion without assuming the financial risk of creating the underlying annuity products themselves.
While strategically sound, without financial details regarding expected transaction volumes or revenue projections, it's difficult to quantify the near-term financial impact on SS&C's
ARS' Lifetime Income Builder Products to Join SS&C Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) Platform
ARS' Lifetime Income Builder offers group fixed indexed annuities with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. The guaranteed income products will be available to recordkeepers on SS&C's Retirement Income Clearing & Calculation (RICC) Platform, which enables seamless connectivity between recordkeepers, plan providers, product providers, advisors and participants in the growing retirement income market.
"The partnership between SS&C and ARS will help more Americans become retirement ready. By providing access to a solution with benefits participants expect—easy-to-use, professionally managed portfolios they control at all times—ensuring they will not run out of income in retirement," said Joe Boan, Chief Distribution Officer at ARS.
"To change the way Americans retire, we have to make it easier for recordkeepers to offer innovative solutions like Lifetime Income Builder," added Abby Canfield, Chief Operating Officer at ARS. "The integration of the Lifetime Income Builder-based solutions and ecosystem with the SS&C RICC platform enables this by creating seamless fund administration capabilities."
ARS will gain access to distribution opportunities across leading recordkeeping platforms for its suite of target date funds integrated with Lifetime Income Builder. Recordkeepers can add Lifetime Income Builder funds to their offerings through their CUSIPs, making the lifetime income solutions uniquely accessible.
"We are thrilled to add ARS' pioneering Lifetime Income Builder suite of funds to RICC," said Michael Rogalski, President, SS&C Retirement Solutions. "As the retirement landscape changes, workers increasingly turn to protected income solutions to prepare for retirement. RICC is designed to support providers like ARS in broadening access; while eliminating the time and resources they would otherwise need to invest to get their solutions to market."
Learn more about SS&C's RICC platform here.
About ARS
ARS is a leading lifetime income design and technology company dedicated to solving the retirement income challenge with innovative, participant-first solutions. Founded in 2020, ARS is led by a team of industry veterans with a combined 175 years of experience in retirement plans, annuities, and asset management. ARS's patent-pending design, Lifetime Income Builder, has redefined how the industry delivers income within target date funds—seamlessly integrating lifetime income while maintaining the core benefits that have made target date funds successful for decades. In 2025, Apollo, Athene, and Motive Partners acquired ARS. Learn more at https://arsfinancial.com/
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in
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