Admin / Technology

KGC Associates' administration survey revealed the industry thinks administration is not taken seriously. Holly Roach looks at the survey findings.

Service credits are a useful feature of administration contracts, tying performance with fee levels, but they are rarely used. Daniel Taylor argues why more contracts should include them.

Cosan Consulting has launched an outsourced trustee executive support service to provide support independent from all other current provision.

Framework is needed now to help remedy the age-related differences in public service pension schemes. Virginia Burke looks at what administrators can do.

Aviva has seen a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of enquiries from pension schemes that use investment and administration on separate platforms seeking to move to a bundled provider.

More needs to be done to speed up DB to DC transfers but, as Jonathan Stapleton says, more also needs to be done to protect members.

Margaret Snowdon says the industry remains handicapped, regardless of multiple layers of protection adopted on a voluntary basis

The Guaranteed Minimum Pension Equalisation Working Group (GMPEWG) has published a call to action to assist schemes in the first stage of the process.

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has launched guidance on defined benefit (DB) transfers to help give members better flexibility while retaining their pension benefits.

This year's survey reveals how schemes assess the efficiency of TPAs and ranks the key providers. Holly Roach reports