ONS: Pension fund payments £3bn more than contributions in Q4 2018

Holly Roach
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Self-administered pension funds spent £15bn on payments to pensioners in Q4 2018, but received just £12bn in contributions (net of refunds), Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals.

According to the ONS's MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts for October to December 2018 document, released today (21 March), both had risen in the quarter from Q3 2018 ...

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