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Under which condition is there a risk of depletion of the retirement corpus during an individual's lifetime?

Practice question from NISM Series XB- Investment Adviser (Level 2) Mock Test 6 — bank. The correct answer is highlighted below with a full explanation.

Options

  1. A

    When expected rate of return increases after retirement

  2. B

    When current return is lower than inflation

  3. C

    When current return falls below the expected return from an annuity

  4. When projected inflation exceeds the expected return from annuity

    Correct answer

Why this is the answer

If inflation surpasses the expected returns from the retirement annuity, the purchasing power diminishes, increasing the risk of exhausting the retirement corpus over the individual's lifetime.

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