Pension Decumulation: The 'Nastiest, Hardest Problem in Finance'

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The process of withdrawing from a pension pot presents unique challenges, combining investment risk and longevity concerns. This article explores the difficulties retirees face in managing their savings and examines new products and approaches aimed at simplifying pension decumulation. It delves into contrasting strategies, such as the UK's 'lifestyling' approach versus Australia's more equity-focused model, highlighting the potential trade-offs between risk and return.

Building up a pension pot is hard. But running it down can be surprisingly tricky too. The combination of investment and longevity risk makes the decumulation of pensions the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance”, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Bill Sharpe. Worries about running out of money make retirees frugal.

US funds group Columbia Threadneedle Investments reckons the UK should follow Australia, where two-thirds of schemes do not use this “lifestyling” approach. It calculates this lower exposure to equities reduces returns by 2.3 per cent per year. There is indeed a strong case against shifting out of equities, at least in the early years of retirement.

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