The average pension transfer took only 11 days in the lead up to the end of the 2024/25 tax year, data from Origo revealed.
The firm's Transfer Index tracks transfer times of nearly 30 volunteer participants from the industry, covering almost 80% of defined contribution transfers, and 90% of all completed transfers for the tax year. It measured more than £57bn in transfer volumes for 1.4 million transfers for the year to 31 March 2025, with levels similar to the 10.5 day average transfer time for the year to the end of December 2024, before the tax year end. The firm's index also found half of all transfers were completed in seven days or less at the tax year end according to the data. Origo also found ove...
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