Admin / Technology

Trustees should focus on getting good education rather than simply amassing qualifications in order to strengthen their scheme governance, according to River & Mercantile.

M&G Prudential has announced plans to terminate its contract with Capita for the administration of its UK life and assurance business.

South Tyneside Council and Northumberland County Council are setting up a shared administration service for their pension funds to improve efficiencies and benefit from greater economies of scale.

The £49bn, 300,000-member BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) is to bring its administration back in-house after agreeing to end its third-party contract with Accenture three years into an eight year contract.

Combining Xafinity and Punter Southall's "highly complementary" businesses to create the "largest pure-play UK pensions consultancy" will be beneficial for clients, according to Xafinity.

Raj Mody says cyber security will become a prevalent issue, while blockchain will move front and centre for the industry

Paul McGlone says the challenges of cyber risk and GDPR are leading trustees to ask how they are protected if something goes wrong - but the answers are not always simple

Michael Klimes explores the challenges to the rollout of biometrics in schemes and the benefits it could bring.

Scottish Widows and Standard Life recently completed the industry's first two automated bulk transfers of occupational schemes. Michael Klimes examines how automation reduces risks

For the first time, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is asking schemes to submit information around data as part of the annual scheme return. The watchdog's Anthony Raymond explains what changes are being made and why trustees and administrators should start...