ONS: Pension fund payments £2.6bn more than contributions received in Q2

Kim Kaveh
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Self-administered pension funds spent £14bn on payments to pensioners in Q2 2018, but only received £11.4bn of contributions (net of refunds), latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals.

The payments made comprised of pensions payable gross of income tax, lump sums payable on retirement and death benefits. According to the ONS's MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension fu...

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