My STBexDH is going to be transferring some of his pension to me as part of our divorce settlement. I need to open up a new pension scheme to receive this. I've just looked online hoping it might be straightforward to choose a pension but it looks nightmare-ish and I don't even know where to begin! I think I need an independent financial advisor but know that these can fleece you through taking a good chunk of money off whatever you are transferring... (or so I've heard).
Does anyone have any advice on
a) how to choose a pension by oneself (how do I even find out what's available?!)
or
b) where to find a decent financial advisor who won't rob me!!!
We seem to have managed everything else with minimal expenditure so it would be good to sort this too without being fleeced :)
Thank you!