Welcome to our Sequence of Returns Risk Tool

See how the timing of investment returns can impact your pension fund when taking an income during retirement.

Simply enter a few details. We’ll then use your information on the following screens to compare different hypothetical scenarios.

Name
Gender
Planned retirement age
Fund value
Planned yearly income withdrawals
Consistent growth scenario

Shows how 's pension fund would be sustained with a hypothetical investment growth over every year of retirement. The figures assume you’re taking income each year until the fund runs out, a 0.7% fund charge and a 0.25% wrapper charge.

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Poor start scenario

Shows how 's pension fund would be sustained with a hypothetical average investment growth over the first 25 years of retirement, but with poor investment returns in the early years, inclusive of annual income being taken until the fund runs out and a 0.7% fund charge and 0.25% wrapper charge.

's Age
Strong start scenario

Shows how 's pension fund would be sustained with a hypothetical average investment growth over the first 25 years of retirement, but with strong investment returns in the early years and poor investment returns in the latter years. It includes annual income being taken until the fund runs out and a 0.7% fund charge and 0.25% wrapper charge.

's Age
Select a point in the UK Equity Market’s history

Shows how 's pension fund would have been sustained based on a historical scenario following the movements of the UK Equity Market from the year 1985.

This assumes income being taken each year until the fund runs out, a 0.7% fund charge and 0.25% wrapper charge.

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This graph is for illustration only. Fund values will depend on actual growth,
fund and product charges and any withdrawals made from the fund.

Investment performance scenarios to review:

Visit LV= Retirement Hopscotch
Risks tool
Visit LV= Retirement Pathfinder
Modelling tool

In this option you can see how 's fund would have lasted using yearly figures from the UK Equity Market from onwards

Use the slider to select a starting point in the UK Equity Market’s history

We’ve used realistic equity market data figures from LV= until 2016 and then repeated these as hypothetical future returns.
Please note: past results are not necessarily indicative of future performance

Year

In this option you can see how 's fund would have lasted using yearly figures from the UK Equity Market from 1985 onwards