Defaqto names Royal London as advisers' preferred pension provider

Aviva and Pru also favoured

Hannah Godfrey
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Royal London has emerged as the preferred provider among financial advisers in Defaqto's annual review of the service delivered by pension providers.

The survey, which canvassed 485 advisers from June to September in 2018, measured how satisfied advisers were with their pension providers. A total 19 providers received sufficient nominations as preferred providers to be included in the survey. Defaqto's research found Royal London and Aviva were the most used providers, with more than half of the advisers surveyed using both of the life giants in the past 12 months. At the other end of the scale, Ascentric and Talbot and Muir were the least used, with fewer than 10% of respondents working with them in the last year. The survey th...

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