One of the challenges with high inflation is it could heavily discount the purchasing power of an investment portfolio over a longer period. Inflation, coupled with deglobalization, demographic reversals, higher real interest rates and increased macroeconomic volatility, will create a challenging environment for generating sustainable returns and yields through traditional means.

One way to counter these issues is to consider long-term income-oriented and diversified multi-asset strategies when planning for retirement. This allows people to seek and capture sustainable income from higher yielding assets, as well as benefit from capital appreciation opportunities that may arise across geographies and sectors which can produce real returns on top of inflation.