After the likelihood of retirement is evaluated using those techniques,planners must come up with a systematic approach to bridge income and asset gaps. The approach that was reported as most often used is a systematic withdrawal approach, defined as diversifying investments based on a clients is risk profile and managing the total return of the client is entire portfolio. To provide income, the majority of planning noted withdrawal strategies using either a pre-determined or policy-based amount funded by a combination of interest, dividends, and portfolio holdings based on the client is income needs and economic conditions.