DC pot first-time access hit high record in March

Hope William-Smith
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Savers accessing defined contribution (DC) pension pots for the first time rose to an all-time high just before the coronavirus pandemic, Just Group says.

This comes on the back of analysis which found one in ten UK workers have now paused their pension contributions because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and research which showed the majority of savers i...

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