You should remember that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future. Market and currency movements may cause the value of units, and the value derived from them, to fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invested when you decide to sell your units. The tax treatment of investments and pensions is not guaranteed and may change in the future.
You should read our Annuity section first to have a clearer understanding about the problems with Annuities and have more than £100,000 in your pension fund, after taking the PCLS (tax free cash), before considering a Drawdown Annuity.
What is a Drawdown Annuity
Instead of giving your pension fund to an insurance company in exchange for an income, (annuity) it is possible to leave the pension fund invested and take an “income” from the fund every year.
Why do that?
The maximum Drawdown income you can have is around 20% higher than the maximum income you could get on a single life non-increasing annuity basis, even if you need a joint life, escalating annuity.