Industry collaboration fintech Origo’s newly-launched Unipass Transfer Tracking service has seen more than 10,000 pension transfers searched for by advisers since it went live on Monday 3 March.
Simple defined contribution pension transfers took an average of 10.5 days to complete last year, according to new data.
The FCA’s ban on contingent charging introduced in 2020 led to a dramatic fall in the number of DB transfers, but had little impact on fees, the regulator said.
The FCA has provisionally banned and fined two financial advisers over failings involving £126m of allegedly "flawed advice" pension transfers.
Major issues continue to plague the DWP’s pension transfer regulations three years after they were implemented, new FOI data has revealed.
Defined benefit pension transfer values fell to their lowest value in a year in October due to uncertainty around the Chancellor’s Budget, according to XPS’ index.
The number of defined benefit pension transfers in July surged to the highest level since August 2023.
Average transfer times for DC pensions fell by 14.2 in the 18 months to the end of June 2024, according to new figures published by fintech Origo.
Two pension adviser firms have been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme with one being hit with a successful SIPP claim.
DB pension transfer activity increased ‘marginally’ in May - reversing a downward trend - with transfer values remaining stable, according to the latest XPS Pensions monthly transfer report.