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40 something emigrating

Nicop
Nicop Posts: 6 Forumite
edited 22 May 2016 at 9:04AM in Mortgages & endowments
Dear All, I am a 40ish person who emigrated to the EU some two years plus ago.

I have my own business and France, house etc, and no plans to ever return.

I do have a sizeable private pension pot C. 200k in the UK and tried in vain before I left the UK to release it. Is there anything I can do to release this money? Will Brexit affect this? I paid into the corporate system for 15 years and now have no wish to be involved or keep paying into the fund, as I will have to live to be 160 years old to see a return! Much rather invest in France and forget the seemingly doomed and corrupt uk pension markets, any ideas welcome

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Think you meant to post this on the pensions board?
  • Nicop
    Nicop Posts: 6 Forumite
    Yep, sorry, first time
  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    As said repost in the pensions forum but you have some serious misconceptions about how pensions work (not that you are alone). You can have all your pensionmoney invested in France should you wish (and be foolish enough to put all your eggs in one country's basket)
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