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Three million pension pots with at least £18.7bn in assets remain lost


By Ellie Carric

Around three million UK pension pots remain lost, representing an approximate value of £18.7bn and an average pot size of £6,220, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has found.

Its Lost Pensions: The scale of the challenge report showed that 81.88 per cent of lost pension pots, around 2.5 million, belonged to people aged under 55, representing £12.9bn of lost assets


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M&G launches its first LTAF

M&G has launched the M&G Diversified Private Credit Feeder Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) with £74m of initial capital, including investment from its With Profits Fund

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Opt-out AE social care scheme could protect savers from ‘catastrophic’ costs

An automatic enrolment-style social care system could help protect people’s pension savings and other assets from “catastrophic” care costs while raising around £3.5bn a year, according to LCP

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Nearly eight in 10 savers want pensions to support UK economic growth

Nearly eight in 10 (77 per cent) UK pension savers believe their retirement savings should help build a stronger UK economy, according to research from IFM Investors, Nest and Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

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Majority of pension risk transfer projects face member issues

More than half (57 per cent) of pension professionals have experienced member-related issues during or after a risk transfer project, according to a survey from Sackers

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DC private markets push risks squeezing active management from listed portfolios

The growing use of private markets in defined contribution (DC) schemes could squeeze active management out of listed portfolios as schemes come under pressure to manage fee budgets, according to Wellington Management

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