Pension transfers pass £60bn mark

390,000 transfers

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Pension transfers have passed the £60bn mark as more than a third of a million people access their defined benefit (DB) pots, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.

The data, supplied to Royal London, showed there have been 390,000 transfers out of DB pension schemes since Freedom and Choice came into force in 2015, with the value of the transfers totalling £60bn. The provider asked The Pensions Regulator to update previous estimates with the watchdog providing figures disclosing that the number of transfers in 2017/18 and 2018/19 sat at 100,000 and 210,000 respectively. In 2016/17 there were 80,000 transfers out, according to a previous FOI reply. The value of transfers was estimated at £12bn in 2016/17, and in 2017/18 the value was confirmed...

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