It is often suggested that clients planning to take retirement income from their investments need to lessen their equity exposure to reflect a reduced capacity for taking investment risk. But, does that mean turning their back on equities? Listen to our fireside chat with Richard Parkin, Head of Retirement for BNY Investments, as he discusses what equity income could mean for clients in retirement.

Most advisers will be familiar with the idea of sequence of returns risk. That is, the risk that losses occur early in retirement and reduce the sustainability of income. But where does this risk come from and how do we measure it? In this video, Richard Parkin, Head of Retirement at BNY Investments explains why focusing on volatility alone is unlikely to be the whole answer and how other characteristics may have a bigger impact on retirement success.