The transfer value a typical DB pension could fetch fell below £150,000 in October for the first time since last year’s mini budget, according to pensions and SIPP firm XPS Group.

Pensions and SIPP firm XPS Group has reported a 23% growth in revenues to £94.5m for the latest half year.

XPS Pensions Group has completed the £42.5m sale of XPS Pensions (Nexus) Limited, principal employer and scheme funder of the National Pensions Trust (NPT), to SEI.

Pension transfer activity has continued its downward decline, hitting a five year low in July and dropping to half the level seen a year earlier.