Our approach to Defined Contribution

An innovative and flexible solution to retirement investment.

Optimal decumulation strategies

Understanding your goals

Retirees with Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes have many different goals for their retirement savings.These could include one or more of the following:

 

  • Receive a steady income
  • Maximise spending during retirement
  • Avoid savings running out
  • Invest for good by incorporating responsible investment preferences
  • Leave inheritance for descendants

 

Our flexible DC investment solutions allow you to offer your members strategies that aim to meet all their investment goals.

Understanding your goals

Pension Funds/Defined contribution - Retirees with defined contribution (DC) pension schemes have many different goals for their retirement savings.

Personalised retirement journeys

Each retirement journey is built around two primary goals:

The main savings or “accumulation” phase of the retirement journey is pre-retirement.

During this period, regular pension contributions or one-off payments are made into the savings pot to allow for capital growth.

The pot is invested into different retirement building blocks, according to each member’s risk profile, constraints and retirement objective.

A member may choose to receive an income at different stages of their retirement journey. They may wish to:

  • withdraw all their savings on retirement
  • receive regular payments throughout their life-time (through purchasing a life annuity)
  • or continue to invest savings in the financial markets and be able to draw on savings at any time.

Different approaches can be taken to allow for capital growth, while also enabling distributions to be paid in the pre-retirement phase and/or gradual decumulation post-retirement.  

How do these goals translate into an investment strategy?

 

Pension Funds/Defined-contribution-Allowing a flexible approach to the retirement journey

A dedicated glidepath for every participant

Your simple approach to retirement planning

Through our efficient retirement framework, any retirement journey goal can be achieved simply by combining allocations to our growth and distribution building blocks, in line with the targeted objectives.

Pension Funds - Defined Contribution - Early Career

EARLY CAREER


Wealth generation

Wei, 28

GOAL: Obtain 500,000 USD in 30 years

 

Multiple proposed solutions

  1. Periodic contribution of 500 USD per month for 30 years
     
  2. Or initial lump sum of 83,000 USD (see illustration)

Early career projected growth path
100% invested in growth fund, targeting capital growth

Defined contribution - Early career projected growth path

 

Pension Funds-Defined contribution solutions - End of career – Generating Retirement Income

END OF CAREER

Securing retirement income

Heng, 50

GOAL: Maximise income generated at retirement phase starting in 15 years and over 15 years

 

Criteria

  • 300,000 USD investments one-off and 5,000 USD investments per month for 15 years
  • Aiming to receive 10,000 USD per month once retired

Proposed strategy

  • First, 10 years with 100% growth investments
  • Then, 5 years gradual derisking into distribution strategy
  • After retirement, all assets are invested in distribution strategy for 15 years

End of career glidepath

Defined contribution solutions: End of career – Generating Retirement Income
Pension Funds-Defined contribution solutions - At-retirement – Planning for multiple goals

AT RETIREMENT

Planning for multiple goals

Michelle, 66

GOAL: Generate income for retirement and grow assets for her heirs

 

Criteria

  • 300,000 USD investments one-off
  • Aiming to receive 1,200 USD per month for 15y
     

Proposed strategy

  • During next 15Y, 60% investment in decumulation strategy (for her) and 40% in growth strategy (for her heirs)

At retirement glidepath

Defined contribution solutions: At-retirement – Planning for multiple goals

 

No more “one-size-fits-all”

Tailored retirement solutions to meet your members' unique goals

 

 

We recognise your members are individuals who each have unique aims and objectives for their retirement.

 

Our flexible and innovative approach to retirement planning offers a simple and efficient way to achieve multiple, and sometimes conflicting, objectives at a scheme-wide level.

 

We can help your pension fund construct a defined contribution scheme that considers all your members’ individual goals.

No more “one-size-fits-all”

Pension Funds/Defined contribution - We recognise your members are individuals who each have unique aims and objectives for their retirement.

Our key differentiators

Pre-defined glidepaths


More customised to individual need.

Risk-profiled retirement portfolios


Based on real-life retirement goals1, these are more relevant, easier to understand and can be adjusted over time.

1. According to risk-profile or asset allocation preference

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1. According to risk-profile or asset allocation preference