Retirement income

Over50Choices have put together key information and articles to help you make the most of your retirement years covering:

  • Your pension pot
  • Calculating your pension
  • Pension income planning
  • Annuities

Plus some helpful articles covering some of the questions and queries our users have asked us.

Use our informative guides to help you plan your retirement income and find the best deal for your circumstances and needs.
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Understand your pension pot

  • Approaching retirement?
  • Not sure about your options?
  • Need pension advice?
  • How much pension will you get?
 Your pension pot
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Plan your pension income 

  • Understand pension income
  • Detailed breakdown of your options
  • Know what steps to take pre-retirement
  • Free pension income calculator
Pension income planning
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Compare current annuity rates

  • Latest annuity rates
  • How to find the best deal
  • Different types of annuity
  • Free annuities calculator
Latest annuity rates
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Annuities vs pension drawdown

  • What's the difference?
  • Annuity pros and cons
  • Pension drawdown pros and cons
  • Which is better?
Annuity vs drawdown
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Pension and annuity FAQs

  • All your questions answered
  • Understand the ins and outs
  • Jargon-free explanations
Your questions answered
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Calculate your pension income

  • Free, easy-to-use calculator
  • Get an idea of your pension income
  • Compare leading UK providers
  • Find a great deal
Free calculator

Pension advice for the over 50’s

Do I need retirement income advice?

Whether or not you should seek retirement income advice usually depends on the type of pension you have and how complicated your requirements may be.

For example, if you have a defined contribution scheme with a guaranteed annuity rate such as a final salary pension, the law insists you take financial advice should you want to transfer out or cash your pension in, to ensure you don’t lose out on valuable benefits.

The same rule applies if you have a defined benefit pension worth over £30,000 and are thinking of transferring to a defined contribution scheme.

Whatever your situation, deciding how best to generate a retirement income from your pension pots takes careful thought, especially as the decisions you make now may remain in place for the rest of your life.

This is one reasons why, after careful consideration, we’ve joined forces with Age Partnership, the award-winning retirement specialists to help you weigh up your pension income options and enter your retirement with confidence.

Try the pension income calculator

Expert pension and annuity advice to suit you

Age Partnership offer two levels of pension income advice, depending on the amount of help you’d like or need.

Financial advice Guidance

You’ll be given tailored retirement income advice and recommendations. 

All your assets and retirement income needs will be considered as part of a personal financial plan designed around you.

Your financial planner will help you understand all your pension income options such as pension drawdown, annuities or a combination of the two. 

You’ll be given straightforward guidance and information to help you make your own decisions.

Your retirement income specialist will explain how different options work and complete all the paperwork for you but won’t offer advice or recommendations on how to proceed. 

Get pension advice or guidance from a retirement income specialist

Speak to an Age Partnership retirement income specialist to decide whether advice or guidance is right for you.

They will ask about your current pension arrangements, attitude to risk and your retirement plans before researching leading pension and annuity providers on your behalf. 

Age Partnership is so confident of finding you the best deal, they’ll give you £100 should you manage to find a better like-for-like quote elsewhere.

Use the pension income calculator to get started

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