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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Calls for free pension health checks to avert ‘retirement under-savings crisis’

With many people having multiple pension pots from various different jobs, it can be hard to work out the total value of pension savings (Gareth Fuller/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

Pension savers should be offered free retirement funds “health checks” to help avert a potential retirement under-savings crisis, a think tank is urging.

The Social Market Foundation (SMF), along with savings and investment firm M&G, is calling for health checks to be integrated directly into pensions dashboards, so that on viewing their pension information, savers would be offered the option of a free, personalised guidance session.

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