HL and Liberty SIPP still slowest on pension transfers - Origo

Typical transfer takes 9.2 days

Hannah Godfrey
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Hargreaves Lansdown and Liberty SIPP have again been named as the slowest two providers to move pensions through Origo's Transfer Service.

Data from Origo's Transfer Index suggested that, between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019, Hargreaves Lansdown took an average of 30.5 calendar days to transfer a pension. Liberty SIPP, meanwhile, was the second slowest provider, taking on average 23.2 days to complete a transfer. The news has come soon after Hargreaves Landsown head of policy Tom McPhail, who heads up STAR - a non-for-profit venture that aims to improve pension and platform switching processes - called upon CEOs to sign up to the service. https://t.co/xmGlB7Et4D Origo has published its latest transfer data from selecte...

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