White paper: The future of (at) retirement
Key findings:
- The increase in longevity and the changing shape of the workforce age profile mean that the nature of retirement needs to change to be more flexible.
- Individuals need a basic level of fairly predictable income to last them throughout their life in retirement.
- Personal circumstances will vary over the course of retirement. Any retirement solution needs some flexibility to cope with these changes – both the positive changes and negatives.
- Retirement savings need to last a lifetime therefore some form of longevity protection needs to be built into any at retirement solution.
Aon’s paper finds that there are three central components to a high-quality decumulation solution in the freedom and choice era – stability, flexibility and durability.