Help point me in the right direction - possible pension amalgamation

Albermarle

Mattmints007 said:

What should I be looking out for when trying to amalgamate my current 5 pensions into one? 
Current pensions are with Scottish widows and legal & general, these were the pensions i had when i was employed. 

I'm now self employed and haven't contributed into either of these accounts in years.

It is not good practice to tag on to other peoples threads with completely new questions. It can cause confusion.
Just a lot easier to start your own thread from scratch.

dunstonh

What should I be looking out for when trying to amalgamate my current 5 pensions into one? 

In no particular order...
if they have safeguarded benefits or valuable contract terms that may not safeguarded benefits
charges
investment options
functionality that you consider important (e.q. quality of the software and reporting, if you are close to retirement whether they offer drawdown etc);
some schemes may not accept transfers from others if you are not an active member
often its better to introduce a new scheme and transfer the others to that.  i.e. a new modern scheme could be better than the existing 5.   However, sometimes you may have an absolute gem of a scheme that is worth keeping and will accept transfers to that.