Category Archives: Income drawdown
13
2011
Why income drawdown? Income drawdown is arguably the most flexible way to take your pension benefits when you come to retire. The main difference to a pension annuity is that your pension fund remains invested after you retire and you simply take …
12
2011
In respect of a short term annuity, MetLife became the sole distributor for the Living Time annuity in February 2011, following its acquisition of Alico the previous year. Now, as part of the integration of Alico, MetLife is to launch its own enhanced, MetLife …
07
2011
Should you take an annuity or income drawdown? Imagine that you had a £100,000 pension fund and took the maximum income from income drawdown 5 years ago of £6,000 per annum. If your pension fund tracked the FTSE 100 index, it would have fallen in value to around £88,000 …
06
2011
Retirees who chose income drawdown rather than a pension annuity to fund their retirement income face a cut of up to 40% in their pension income. This fall in pension payments is the result of a triple whammy effecting income drawdown: declines in the stockmarkets …
01
2011
Income Drawdown differs from a pension annuity because your pension fund remains invested and you simply take your income directly from it. This is the most flexible way to take your retirement income. If you’re not sure how and when you want to take …
29
2011
Do you want a guaranteed pension income? That’s what MetLife offer with their Retirement Portfolio. The MetLife Retirement Portfolio is a personal pension plan. But to make it fit each client’s specific circumstances and aspirations, it offers a range of additional …
24
2011
What is Guaranteed Income Drawdown, or a Third Way, Variable Annuity? The same, really. Over recent months, more new products have come to the at-retirement market in the form of Third Way and Variable Annuities. Some of these contracts are often …
23
2011
Why choose income drawdown, or pension drawdown, or drawdown, as it’s also called? Well, income drawdown’s main difference to buying an annuity is that your pension pot remains invested and you simply take an income directly from it. This is the …
04
2011
Have you considered income drawdown instead of a pension annuity? Income drawdown is set to increase in popularity, according to new research from Skandia. This research has uncovered the fact that income drawdown is likely to become significantly more popular …
30
2011
Should you buy an annuity or take income drawdown? A question to consider if you have a larger pension fund. You do have real choice when it comes to receiving your retirement income, and you need to be aware of your …


