If you are still thinking about going for a pension transfer and you have already hired an independent advisor, then the next step should be to consider and define the benefit levels of such a move. The fact that you have been thinking about it for some time now doesn’t really mean much, because it could be a wrong move anyway. You need to evaluate the pension plans and schemes; in fact you need to educate yourself about pensions, because each plan has a different level of advantages and obviously different benefits for you. If you want to make a smart move you need to find a prosperous scheme.
In any case your old age pension plan should be solid. There are some plans that are quite generous, but you should be able to evaluate what the old age pension benefits of a transfer would really be. Terms should be much better than the ones of the current scheme, because otherwise there is no point in going any further with it. The pension advisor should be able to provide some useful pension advice here, and guide you through the most important elements and pension facts. Evaluating the benefits of pension schemes is not always easy if you don’t have the right guidance or bits of advice.

Tue, Feb 24, 2009
General