Real cases
Four real, anonymised cases: UK, Netherlands, Spain and Hong Kong. What we found, what was missing, and what each client did next.
Case 1
E.: a UK pension found under three employer names, and a State Pension date worth knowing
Corridor: UK and the Netherlands · Status: report delivered, client in contact with administrators
E. worked in London for Merrill Lynch from 1989 to 1998, then moved back to the Netherlands. He knew he had a UK pension somewhere. He did not know where.
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J.: UK and Spain, and one year short of a Spanish pension on paper
Corridor: UK and Spain · Report: Global · Status: report delivered, waiting for his Spanish work record and UK forecast
J. worked in London at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and BNP Paribas from 1998 to 2003, then in Spain for Gamesa, Babcock & Brown and Hideal Partners until 2012. He later ran his own Spanish companies and has now moved back to the UK.
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O.: three London employers in the 1990s, and why "no record" is not always bad news
Corridor: UK and the Netherlands · Status: open, letters with three administrators
O. worked in London for UBS, ABN AMRO Hoare Govett and MeesPierson between 1995 and 2000, then returned to the Netherlands. Three employers, three pension questions.
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M.: a Hong Kong provident fund from 1998, still being traced
Corridor: Hong Kong · Status: open, both current administrators report no record
M. worked in Hong Kong for Nomura International (Hong Kong) from 1998 to 2000. His contract said he would be a member of the company provident fund.
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