Investment Association's new service aims to reunite investors with lost assets

IA to reunite people with lost monies

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The Investment Association (IA) is collaborating with fintech platform Gretel to reunite investors with up to £780m worth of lost assets.

The IA Unclaimed Assets Portal will be powered by Gretel, a fintech start-up which aims to help savers access their pensions, insurance, savings and investments via a one-stop-shop and help investors find their missing assets. Gretel's free service went live just last month. In a statement, the IA said it was urging people to register to the platform if they suspect they may have lost an investment over the years. This comes after the Dormant Assets Bill passed in February, which will release around £800m from dormant funds from insurance, pensions, investment and wealth management, a...

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