Women's retirement savings run out faster under traditional investment plans, new study finds

Women's retirement savings run out faster under traditional investment plans, new study finds

A new Monash University study found that women were at higher risk of exhausting their retirement savings than men when relying on the traditional 60/40 investment mix of equities and bonds for a comfortable lifestyle.

New study finds women’s retirement savings run out faster under traditional investment plans - Australian Seniors News

A new Monash University study has found that women are at a higher risk of exhausting their retirement savings than men when relying on the traditional 60/40 investment mix of equities and bonds for a comfortable lifestyle. The report, titled The Future of the 60/40 Allocation: Modelling the Performance of the 60/40 Portfolio in Retirement, used computer simulations to examine retirement outcomes in Australia and the United States.  The study te…