Admin / Technology

The industry has given the DWP plenty of food for thought on amending disclosure regulations. Taha Lokhandwala reports

Providers have made preparations to deal with auto-enrolment’s busiest period. Rachel Dalton reports

The Royal National Institute of the Blind has appointed Aon Hewitt to provide administration and brokerage services, in an extension of its previous arrangement.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) has launched an investment platform for defined benefit trustees.

Time-focused service level agreements struck between trustees and third party administrators are too narrow and lead to the wrong focus for members, experts warn.

Respondents were not certain whether the Pension Protection Fund's expectations were affecting administration standards, or whether this was such a bad thing anyway.

Trustees' focus on maintaining service level agreements for transfers is hampering efforts to detect and stop pensions liberation scams, administrators warn.

The West Midlands Pension Fund has launched an online portal for its members and employers which provides secure access to its Local Government Pension Scheme records.

The University of Leicester pension scheme has chosen Aon Hewitt to provide actuarial advice, administration and other general services.

Mobile retailer Phones 4u has chosen Staffcare as its auto-enrolment software provider.