Taking income from your pension

Receive your pension and annuities

As you approach your retirement, you’ll need to make an important decision – to choose what to do with the personal pension fund you’ve been building up.

Ways to take money from your pension plan

There’s real choice when it comes to receiving your personal pension. For example, do you want a guaranteed income from an annuity – or a more flexible option, like income drawdown?

Approaching retirement

When do you want to retire? And when would you like to start receiving your pension income? Explore your options.

Choosing Standard Life

Reputation counts for a lot. But it’s not the only reason to choose Standard Life – service, support are all important too.

Some of your options may be different if you have an occupational pension. If you have an occupational pension, please click here or call Standard Life Direct on 0845 279 8810.

Standard Life Direct is provided by Standard Life Client Management which advises on, and sells products from, subsidiaries of Standard Life plc and some external providers

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