DALBAR's Latest Investor Behavior Research Reveals Continued Outperformance by Variable Annuity Investors

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DALBAR has released the newest edition of its renowned Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior – Variable Annuities (QAIB-VA) report. The annual study examines how investor behavior influenced returns within variable annuities in 2024, delivering essential findings for financial professionals and investors alike. Built on the foundation of DALBAR's industry-leading QAIB research, the QAIB-VA report applies the same behavioral analysis to variable annuity investors.

Key Findings Include:

• The Average Equity Subaccount Investor gained 19.60% in 2024, once again outperforming the Average Equity Mutual Fund Investor, who gained 16.54%, a difference of 3.06%.
  
  
• Retention rates also remained higher for the Average Equity Subaccount Investor, at 5.23 years, compared to 4.79 years for the Average Equity Mutual Fund Investor.

The full report is available now at www.qaib.com.

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Media Contact: Emily Kunka
617.624.7136
ekunka@dalbar.com

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