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Vested benefits

In one sentence

Your second-pillar assets when they leave a pension fund without immediately joining another.

What it changes for you

Moving abroad, unemployment, a sabbatical, self-employment: in all these cases the assets must go to a vested-benefits account or policy. That is where forgotten assets arise — the Second Pillar Central Office lists thousands. A free search there is the first move for anyone who has changed employer several times.

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