FinLexicon Term Details

Retirement Corpus

The corpus should account for inflation, life expectancy, healthcare, and income needs.

Category: Retirement Planning Difficulty: Intermediate 1 min read Sample Term

Definition

A retirement corpus is the pool of money built to support post-retirement expenses.

Case Study

A monthly expense of Rs. 60,000 today may require a much larger corpus after inflation.

Historical Reference

Retirement planning moved from pension-only thinking to corpus-led personal planning.

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