DB transfers hit five-year low amid scam concerns

Transfer take-up plummets as contingent charging ban has impact alongside scam-riddled backdrop

Hope William-Smith
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The contingent charging ban has already had a sizeable impact on defined benefit (DB) pension transfers, with take up at the lowest it has been since 2016, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

In DB transfer analysis data released today (14 June) the consultancy found 25 in every 10,000 DB members had transferred to a defined contribution arrangement in the third quarter of 2020 - the mo...

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