BlackRock Enhances Retirement Income Tool

BlackRock has developed iRetire, a platform which can generate an accumulation and decumulation framework for estimated sustainable retirement income, which financial advisers can tailor to each client’s circumstances and preferences.

iRetire is backed by Aladdin, a global multi-asset technology platform as well as CoRI, Blackrock’s series of retirement income indexes. The platform launched in 2015, and its new decumulation capabilities aim to help advisers guide clients through spending phases in retirement.

Once the client reaches retirement age, an adviser can use the tool to help them understand how much estimated sustainable income they could spend from their portfolio each year during retirement to help meet their goals. iRetire also allows advisers to adjust portfolios or add inputs in real-time to illustrate the potential impact to estimated sustainable spending that may result from making a change.

“Helping investors generate and maintain sustainable retirement income has been referred to as the ‘silver bullet’ of retirement planning, and a truly effective solution has eluded advisers and investors for decades,” says Frank Porcelli, chairman of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory business. “iRetire empowers advisers to help clients manage their journey with the help of a powerful, integrated approach that not only helps clients accumulate retirement savings, but also deploy those assets throughout retirement.”

He adds, “The need for financial advice is greater than ever as savers face global and geopolitical uncertainty, prolonged low interest rates, and longer lifespans. At the same time, the wealth management industry is undergoing rapid transformation as a result of changing demographics, new regulations and technological advances. iRetire is designed to powerfully respond to all of these forces, leveraging BlackRock’s industry-leading technology and insights to enable advisers to demonstrate their value to clients by facilitating a deeper dialogue.”