DB transfer requests on the rise, says research
Three-quarters (75%) of advisers have seen an increase in the number of requests to transfer final salary pensions since then-Chancellor George Osborne's pension freedom reforms in April 2015.
Of the 107 advisers surveyed by Retirement Advantagein May and June 2016, two-fifths (40%) said the number of people enquiring about a transfer had increased significantly. Just a quarter (25%) of advisers...
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