# Risk and the Benefit Multiplier (BM)

There are two categories of risk that affect a benefit payout – individual risk and portfolio risk. From a member’s perspective, consider individual risk as being the risk of I, the member, passing away; and portfolio risk as the risk of other people passing away. 

The benefit payout in the event of a successful payout request is calculated as follows: 

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th></th><th width="69"></th><th></th><th width="76"></th><th></th><th width="73"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Benefit payout</td><td>=</td><td>Base Benefit Multiplier (B.BM)</td><td>x</td><td>Benefit Multiplier Adjuster (BM.A)</td><td>x</td><td>Individual Annual Contribution</td></tr></tbody></table>

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