Corpus (from Latin for “body”) in financial planning refers to the total pool of investable assets—stocks, bonds, mutual funds, fixed deposits, PPF, NPS, etc.—that you have built for retirement or financial independence.

Your corpus is the principal that generates returns and from which you withdraw in retirement. A larger corpus supports higher withdrawals or a longer retirement. The term is commonly used in India when discussing retirement planning.

Corpus differs from net worth: corpus typically excludes primary residence and focuses on liquid, income-generating assets.