None
EN
Comment on Phoenix Life named and shamed over pension transfers by Stephen Baker
['Will Grahame-Clarke', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img', 'Height Auto Max-Width', 'Vertical-Align Bottom .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Vertical-Align Middle .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar Is .Alignleft .Alignright']
Comments for International Adviser
Insurer Phoenix Life levies the highest pension transfer exit fees and pensions consultancy Xafinity is the slowest to process transfers, a survey has revealed.
Researchers found the most individual customers paid in exit fees was £12,245 ($16,076, €13,736) and £10,543 – both with Phoenix.
The research further indicated that the highest exit fees are on with-profits pensions, meaning they escape the UK regulators fee cap rules.
Pensionbee did praise Aviva, Scottish Widows, B&CE, Canada Life and Phoenix Life for all managing to transfer a pension in under two weeks, on average.
Phoenix responseA spokesperson for Phoenix Life told International Adviser: “Pensionbee publishes these reports every year and we are never privy to the data they are basing the findings on.
['transfers'
'adviser'
'pensions'
'pensionbee'
'shamed'
'charge'
'fees'
'transfer'
'withprofits'
'life'
'pension'
'international'
'named'
'exit'
'phoenix']