What are the administration issues and how are they being dealt with?
Pension scheme trustees and sponsoring employers have in recent times worked through a period of legislative review and change. What of the pension scheme administrators? What issues are they faced
Issue: February 2008 Author: Kim Brooks

'Everything is average nowadays'
Trustees should care about the service provided by their administration providers to their members For the first time we now have a way to measure member service across the industry A new FREE
Issue: February 2008 Author: John Reeve

Straight Through Processing (STP) - the technology enabling STP for the corporate pensions market
Kiss the fax goodbye STP meets the needs of Pension Plan sponsors by providing a secure framework based on proven industry wide standards The first live occupational pension DC transactions were
Issue: February 2008 Author: Jim Kelly

Defined benefit pension scheme risk transfer – what about the admin?
A review of the options for scheme administration post defined benefit risk transfer What trustees should consider as they review their scheme administration options during buy-out
Issue: February 2008 Author: Michele Byford

Member problems in occupational DC pension schemes
The problems members experience with company DC schemes are often connected with a basic misunderstanding as to how the scheme works, what it is expected to deliver and how it is run TPAS exists to
Issue: February 2008 Author: Malcolm McLean

Second Purple Book brings pensions landscape up-to-date
The regulator has just published the Purple Book 2007. Andrew Winstone at the Pensions Regulator
Issue: February 2008 Author: Andrew Winstone

Ask the Expert
Jo Whiterod FPMI asks: “The new regulations relating to the appointment of member-nominated trustees are currently being implemented, so there may soon be quite a few new trustees in need of
Issue: February 2008 Author: Geoff Cheetham

Actuarial and Investment Matters
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) Board has now provided its final thinking on the PPF levy for 2008/09 and 2009/10. It is again looking to raise £675 million with the same 80:20 split between the
Issue: February 2008 Author: Richard Akroyd

Legal update
Consultation on draft regulations for self-invested personal pension schemes (SIPPs) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a consultation paper on SIPP regulations. The
Issue: February 2008 Author: Simon Tyler

Consultancy and administration issues
It’s that time of year when pension schemes tend to be in the process of conducting their pension increase exercises. This includes checking to see if a Benefit Crystallisation Event 3 (BCE3) has
Issue: February 2008 Author: Richard Wyatt