UK gov’t unveils stricter pension transfer rules to fight scams
The UK’s Department for Work and Pension (DWP) has introduced a set of laws designed to prevent pension transfer scams. Fraudsters often use pension freedoms and the statutory right to transfer to another scheme as a way to persuade consumers into moving their life savings into a bogus pension. As a result, the DWP has set out that savers will not be able to invoke their right to transfer on every single occasion, but only if they are moving their pots...
