Pension transfer values fall slightly over August

Kim Kaveh
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Pension transfer values fell from £233,000 at the end of July to £232,000 at the end of August, according to XPS Pensions Group's monthly index.

The difference between maximum and minimum readings of the index over August was £4,100 - or around 1.7%. Transfer values were at the highest on 16 August, at £235,501, and the lowest on 29 August,...

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