The recent fall in defined benefit (DB) pension transfer values continued to accelerate in May, with the month-end value at £217,000, the lowest since June 2016, according to pension consultancy XPS.
The fall of 7% over May was due to a further increase in gilt yields and a further fall in long-term inflation expectations, despite the continued current high inflation rates, it said. In April it...
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