More than £50bn of pension savings at risk of being misplaced

PensionBee research finds number of pension pots anticipated to more than double by 2050

Martin Richmond
clock • 3 min read
The research estimated that just under five million pots were considered to be “lost” in 2023
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The research estimated that just under five million pots were considered to be “lost” in 2023

More than £50bn in pension savings from UK workers are at risk of being lost due to frequent job changes, research from PensionBee shows.

The research – conducted by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) among 2,000 UK adults on behalf of the pension provider – found workers aged under 35 had accumulated a higher propo...

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