Nothing new there, you might say. But what I'm referring to is the advice available to retirees when it comes to investing their superannuation to produce an income stream.
A new approach to retirement planning
About John
I'm a financial adviser/investor of 25 years, specialising in minimising the impact of black swan events. Black swan events such as the GFC can be devastating and very difficult to predict.
I’m going to stick my neck out just a bit and say retirees have had a raw deal over the past couple of decades.
Retirees have copped a rough time in recent years. Picture: Shutterstock
And no, this is not another diatribe against financial advisers. The problem lies much deeper.
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The problem lies with the fact that the research and theory that advisers (and I am one) have has been developed with accumulators in mind.
The research has been conducted deep within the worlds of universities and academia, over several decades, and is heavily slanted towards accumulators.
The problem is, that when you retire and start drawing on your money, the dynamics and timeline change totally.
New approach
I believe it's time for a new approach to planning retirement income, which is based on four principals:
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