Admin / Technology

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South Wales Police has outsourced its pensions administration services to Capita Hartshead.

Hewitt Associates is set to move its pension administration teams from Hemel Hempstead to its centres in Epson and Birmingham, PP has learned.

The London Borough of Hounslow has appointed Capita Hartshead to provide administration and advice to the council's pension fund.

Sharp Electronics has appointed STC Pensions Management to administer its defined benefit pension plan.

The Financial Services Authority has fined HSBC Actuaries and Consultants £875,000 for having lost personal information of 1917 pension scheme members.

Profund Solutions has released version 9.7 of its P3 pension administration software.

A review into public sector pension overpayments totalling £90m discovered a "complex and fragmented administrative process" which was prone to errors, the national audit office says.

One-third of schemes are reviewing their administration outsourcing strategy in a bid to cut costs, Hewitt Associates says.

The Pensions Advisory Service has dealt with 10% more complaints in the past 12 months, however, queries concerning occupational schemes have dropped by 2%.