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Transfer a free standing AVC into my employers pension scheme?

Hi,

I have a free standing AVC with the Pru which attracts charges of 0.75% per annum. This is independent from my old employers final salary scheme and was set up as a result of a pension mis-selling query in 2001. I have never paid anything else into this AVC since then.

My current employers pension scheme has annual charges of 0.478% per annum.

Transferring the AVC value seems like a no brainer at first glance to me - is there anything I'm missing?

Cheers
Robin

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  • Albermarle
    Albermarle Posts: 31,501 Forumite
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    Not sure how close you are to thinking about withdrawing from this Pru pension?
    They have a habit of charging you 3% for 'financial advice' for starting a drawdown/withdrawal process. Plus their customer service has been very poor in recent years.
    So probably another good reason to look at transferring out.
  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,173 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    You can do better than 0.478%

    If you're going to the hassle might as well do a proper job. 
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