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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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USS signs five-year contract extension with Capita Pensions
USS signs five-year contract extension with Capita Pensions

Capita Pensions has signed a five-year contract extension with the £66.5bn Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to continue to deliver the fund’s pension system and administration support.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 09 February 2021
Marie Curie completes £30m buy-in with L&G in first 2021 deal
Marie Curie completes £30m buy-in with L&G in first 2021 deal

The Marie Curie defined benefit (DB) scheme has entered into a circa £30m full scheme buy-in agreement with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 14 January 2021
Capita partners with Intellica to tackle GMP equalisation challenges
Capita partners with Intellica to tackle GMP equalisation challenges

Capita Pensions has partnered with data technology solutions firm Intellica to tackle the GMP equalisation challenges facing pension schemes.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 12 November 2020
Stuart Heatley appointed as managing director of Capita Pensions
Stuart Heatley appointed as managing director of Capita Pensions

Capita has appointed Stuart Heatley as the managing director of its pensions business to succeed Nigel Purveur.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 22 September 2020
Capita defers £31.7m of DRCs as revenue drops 9%
Capita defers £31.7m of DRCs as revenue drops 9%

Capita has deferred a £31.7m deficit recovery contribution (DRC) due to the Capita Pension and Life Assurance Scheme in June 2020 to the second half of the year.

  • Industry
  • 18 August 2020
Capita's Stuart Heatley: 'Clever complexity' will no longer be tolerated
Capita's Stuart Heatley: 'Clever complexity' will no longer be tolerated

Professional Pensions spoke to Capita Pensions Consulting managing director Stuart Heatley as part of an exclusive series of interviews with the leaders of some of the UK’s leading pension consulting firms. This is what he had to say…

  • Industry
  • 09 July 2020
West Yorkshire Pension Fund appointed to administer Barnet Council LGPS
West Yorkshire Pension Fund appointed to administer Barnet Council LGPS

Barnet Council has appointed West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) to replace Capita to administer its local government pension scheme (LGPS).

  • Industry
  • 25 February 2020
Milestone for Star Initiative as it reaches 50 participants
Milestone for Star Initiative as it reaches 50 participants

The government-backed Star Initiative has reached 50 signatories, surpassing its initial target of 30. Holly Roach looks at the project’s progress.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 November 2019
Majority of businesses not reviewing pension policies, despite rise in ageing workforce
Majority of businesses not reviewing pension policies, despite rise in ageing workforce

Just one in three UK businesses have reviewed their pension strategy in the last two years, according to research by Capita Employee Solutions.

  • Industry
  • 10 July 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include Smart Pension and Legal & General revealing a prototype demo of their workplace retirement income product, combining drawdown and annuities.

  • Industry
  • 12 October 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include two men being sentenced to jail after coaxing savers to transfer £1m to a fake scheme.

  • Industry
  • 27 April 2018
Capita to merge HR businesses into single division as part of transformation plan
Capita to merge HR businesses into single division as part of transformation plan

Capita has set out plans to transform its business and raise £701m in additional capital at the same time as it unveiled a £513.1m annual loss.

  • Industry
  • 23 April 2018
Smart Pension hires technology product development head
Smart Pension hires technology product development head

Martin Freeman has been hired as head of technology product and development at Smart Pension, to support the 'growing' technology product side of the business.

  • Appointments
  • 21 March 2018
The role of pensions in building community wealth
The role of pensions in building community wealth

John Gray says we should think about investing more locally, but there are a number of serious practical investment problems to overcome

  • Investment
  • 15 March 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories were Capita's shares falling by over 40%, and Royal Mail reaching agreement with its union to launch the UK's first collective defined contribution scheme.

  • Industry
  • 02 February 2018
UPDATED: Capita shares plunge by over 40%; Frank Field intervenes over pension deficit
UPDATED: Capita shares plunge by over 40%; Frank Field intervenes over pension deficit

Shares in Capita have fell by over 40% this morning after the outsourcing firm announced it had suspended its dividend and initiated a multi-year transformation plan.

  • Industry
  • 31 January 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories were potential strike action at Capita over closing its DB scheme, and Unite members narrowly rejecting Royal Mail plans to create cash balance scheme.

  • Industry
  • 18 August 2017
 Now Pensions expands Nottingham team with senior hires
Now Pensions expands Nottingham team with senior hires

Now Pensions has appointed Neil Buckley as chief operating officer and Capita's Neil Brady as operations director in its Nottingham office.

  • Appointments
  • 30 November 2016
Third of young savers would choose LISA over pension
Third of young savers would choose LISA over pension

Young savers are willing to give up employer contributions to save for retirement in the lifetime ISA (LISA), despite this reducing their potential funds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 October 2016
Blockchain technology could increase trust in administration
Blockchain technology could increase trust in administration

Pensions administration can be made safer by the development of blockchain technology says Robin Hames.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 15 July 2016
TPR extends AE contract with Capita until 2021
TPR extends AE contract with Capita until 2021

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has selected Capita for a further three years to continue the roll-out of automatic enrolment (AE) to small and micro employers.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 July 2016
PP Administration Survey: The results
PP Administration Survey: The results

This year’s survey reveals what schemes are looking for in administration systems and third-party administrators and highlights the key providers.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 30 March 2016
NAO report on administration of civil service pensions offers salutary lessons
NAO report on administration of civil service pensions offers salutary lessons

Trustees looking to understand what can go wrong with data transfers should read the NAO's report on the civil service Michael Klimes finds

  • Admin / Technology
  • 15 February 2016
NAO: Poor process and lack of resources explain civil service pension delay
NAO: Poor process and lack of resources explain civil service pension delay

A series of system and communication errors led to delayed pension payments to civil servants after administration was moved to MyCSP, a National Audit Office (NAO) report says.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 11 February 2016
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