Tag Archives: pension transfers

“You gotta speed it up, and then you gotta slow it down…”

By Kirsty Bartlett on February 15, 2018 Posted in Benefits, UK Pensions

And, if you are a trustee or a pensions professional, you definitely have to play around before making your mind up whether a pensions transfer can go ahead. Transfer legislation is changing from 6 April 2018 as highlighted in the three points below, and there are also further changes on the horizon. 1. Bulk transfers … Continue Reading

It’s the summer holidays: delays on the roads, delays at the airport, delays on public transport (no change there, then!) and delays on pension transfers

By Clifford Sims and Claire Dimmock on August 21, 2017 Posted in UK Pensions

Are pension transfer delays (and complaints about them) here to stay? In its 2016/17 annual report, the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) noted that there had been an increase in the number of complaints about pension transfers. In fact, complaints about transfers were the second most popular form of complaint, making up 10.5% of all new investigations … Continue Reading