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Around a third of Estonian and Lithuanian pillar II pension holders withdraw savings early


By Jack Gray

Around a third of Estonian and Lithuanian second pillar pension savers withdrew money from their pots early by the end of last year, following reforms aimed at giving people more control over their savings, according to Swedbank.

As at the end of last year, 267,000 people in Estonia had applied to withdraw money before retirement age, equivalent to almost a third of those who had joined the second pillar


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