Majority of UK workers have at least one 'lost' pension pot

Netwealth finds average figure of unclaimed pots amounts to £28,000 per employee

Martin Richmond
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Majority of UK workers have at least one 'lost' pension pot

Nearly nine in ten UK employees with a workplace pension have at least one unclaimed pension pot, research by Netwealth has shown.

The wealth manager's survey of 1,000 adults with at least £100,000 of investable assets excluding property and pensions, conducted by Opinium between March and April this year, revealed 88% of resp...

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