Personal pension system and business method
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1. A method of providing a personal pension, comprising the steps of:
- a) securing a plurality of individual members, each said member contributing a quantity of funds to a respective individual pension account;
b) permitting each said individual member to select a beneficiary;
c) guaranteeing each said quantity of funds for each said respective individual pension account;
d) professionally managing said quantity of funds;
e) providing a plurality of annuity conversion options for each said individual pension account, wherein disbursement of annuity benefits commences upon attainment of a predetermined date;
f) penalizing each disbursement from each said individual pension account prior to said predetermined date;
g) providing individual access and supervision of each said individual pension account via a global networking system such as the Internet; and
h) enabling portability of each said individual pension account irrespective of employment status of said respective individual contributing member.
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A system and method of managing monetary contributions for a deferred savings objective such as, for exemplary purposes only, funding college, wedding or marriage, retirement, or any other large expense expected to occur years in the future, wherein a consumer makes contributions into the deferred savings system, wherein the process of the deferred savings method is not tied to any particular employer or employment status, wherein principal contributions are guaranteed after a minimum holding period, and wherein pre-event or pre-retirement withdrawals are restricted.
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1. A method of providing a personal pension, comprising the steps of:
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a) securing a plurality of individual members, each said member contributing a quantity of funds to a respective individual pension account;
b) permitting each said individual member to select a beneficiary;
c) guaranteeing each said quantity of funds for each said respective individual pension account;
d) professionally managing said quantity of funds;
e) providing a plurality of annuity conversion options for each said individual pension account, wherein disbursement of annuity benefits commences upon attainment of a predetermined date;
f) penalizing each disbursement from each said individual pension account prior to said predetermined date;
g) providing individual access and supervision of each said individual pension account via a global networking system such as the Internet; and
h) enabling portability of each said individual pension account irrespective of employment status of said respective individual contributing member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19)
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7. A real-time, individual financial planning process with employer independence, comprising the steps of:
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a) creating a secure portal accessible by participants via a global networking system;
b) enabling said participants to dictate individual fund contribution amounts via said portal;
c) enabling said participants to dictate individual fund contribution dates via said portal;
d) enabling said participants to control commencement date for initiation of return of benefits from said fund contribution via said portal; and
e) enabling said participants to control the format of return of benefits from said fund contribution via said portal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 15, 16)
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9. A personal pension system and method, comprising the steps of:
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a) making a plurality of cash equivalent contributions, wherein each said contribution, after a minimum holding period, is guaranteed against loss in principal until the earlier of a benefit commencement or death;
b) allowing financial development of a selected portion of said guaranteed principal via a guaranteed return;
c) allowing financial development of a selected portion of said guaranteed principal via a guaranteed share of a non-guaranteed investment return;
d) restricting withdrawals of said guaranteed principal during a minimum holding period;
e) penalizing withdrawals of said guaranteed principal until a preselected age is attained by the personal account contributor;
f) distributing said personal pension upon attainment of a preselected age. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22)
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20. An individual financial planning process with employer independence, comprising the steps of:
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a) creating a secure portal accessible by participants via a global networking system;
b) enabling said participants to track individual fund contribution amounts via said portal;
c) enabling said participants to track individual fund contribution dates via said portal;
d) enabling said participants to track commencement date for initiation of return of benefits from said fund contribution via said portal; and
e) enabling said participants to track the format of return of benefits from said fund contribution via said portal.
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