Defined benefit pension transfer requests 'double'

Carmen Reichman
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Pension transfer requests out of defined benefit (DB) schemes doubled after the relaxation of defined contribution (DC) retirement processes, according to research from one provider.

The number of people inquiring about a switch from a DB pension to a defined contribution (DC) scheme increased by 106% year-on-year in the three months since April, when the government's pension r...

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