Managing investment risks in retirement

The need to manage investment risks in retirement is more acute now than ever before. Recent stock market volatility and upside inflation risks from tariffs are once again focusing minds on the phenomenon known as sequencing risk.

Large withdrawals from a pension pot when fund values are depressed can significantly reduce the sustainability of income. In the UK, flexible drawdown was introduced with pensions freedoms in 2015, and the extended 2022 bear market in both global stocks and bonds was its first real test. Meanwhile, today’s higher bond yields mean annuities are a more competitive investment solution than they used to be, albeit with significantly less flexibility.

Trevor Greetham, Head of Multi Asset, analyses the importance of managing downside risk over the recessions and bear markets the average person is likely to encounter in retirement.

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