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Retirement Routes: Timing
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Retirement Routes: Timing

Over the past few weeks, our ‘Retirement Routes’ series of blogs mapped out the different options you have for taking your retirement benefits – guaranteed income (annuity), flexible income (drawdown), cash, or a mix-and-match of the options. This week, we’re looking at the all-important question – ‘when?’ In this blog: When can you take your […]

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Retirement Routes: Mix your options
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Retirement Routes: Mix your options

Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored a variety of ways you can use your retirement savings. There’s the option to get a steady pay check every month (an annuity), choosing a plan that lets you decide how much money you take out and when (drawdown), or simply cashing in parts of your pension pot […]

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Retirement Routes: Cash
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Retirement Routes: Cash

Last week we looked at flexible income (or drawdown), along with the advantages and things to consider when going down the flexible income route. This week, we’re looking at cash. In this blog: What does it mean to take your pension pot as cash? Depending on what your pension provider offers, you may be able […]

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Retirement Routes: Flexible income
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Retirement Routes: Flexible income

Last week we looked at guaranteed income (or annuities), along with the advantages and things to consider when buying an annuity. This week, we’re looking at flexible income. In this blog: What is flexible income? Flexible income – or drawdown – is still the most popular retirement income option, according to data from the Financial […]

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