What is lifestyling in pension investments?

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What is lifestyling in pension investments?

Lifestyling is a strategy that changes how you invest as you get closer to retirement. The idea is to start with a higher allocation to growth assets like equities when you have a longer time horizon, then gradually shift into lower-risk assets such as bonds and cash as retirement nears. This gradual de-risking helps protect the pension value from market swings and reduces the risk of a big downturn right before you retire, which could affect your income in retirement. It’s not about always staying 100% in equities, nor about switching to government bonds only at the moment you retire; it’s a planned glide path to reduce risk as time to drawdown declines.

Lifestyling is a strategy that changes how you invest as you get closer to retirement. The idea is to start with a higher allocation to growth assets like equities when you have a longer time horizon, then gradually shift into lower-risk assets such as bonds and cash as retirement nears. This gradual de-risking helps protect the pension value from market swings and reduces the risk of a big downturn right before you retire, which could affect your income in retirement. It’s not about always staying 100% in equities, nor about switching to government bonds only at the moment you retire; it’s a planned glide path to reduce risk as time to drawdown declines.

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