All Record-keeping articles – Page 2
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NewsBarnet Pension Fund back on track following change in administrators
Barnet Council’s pension fund has largely recovered from an era of errors under Capita, with its new administrators overseeing significant improvements in the handling of member data.
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USS extends Capita administration contract
On the go: Capita Pensions has been awarded a five-year contract extension by the Universities Superannuation Scheme to deliver pension system and administration support.
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One in five teachers may have incorrect pension entitlements
One in five teachers may be at risk of receiving incorrect information about their pension entitlements, with discrepancies also likely to be found in other decentralised public sector pension schemes with multiple employers.
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Poor data management keeps ombudsman busy
The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled in favour of a former bank employee in a dispute about the transfer of deferred pension liabilities, in a case reinforcing the impact that poor data management can have for schemes and members.
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FeaturesDoctors express anger at NHS scheme failings
The leviathan NHS Pension Scheme is under fire again, with a Byzantine labyrinth of responsibilities, administration failings, and frustrations at government pensions policy infuriating medical staff.
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Brewery and chair plead guilty in regulator's s72 case
Samuel Smith Old Brewery and its chairman Humphrey Smith have pleaded guilty to failing to provide information about its schemes to the Pensions Regulator.
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NewsSelect committee: Members let down by response to British Steel
The Pensions Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority and the UK government have all let down former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, according to a scathing report into the scheme’s restructuring and ensuing transfers scandal.
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OpinionSchemes need not fear dashboard compulsion
The dashboard has received a recent boost, with responsibility for the project transferring to the Department for Work and Pensions and the pensions minister stating his enthusiastic commitment.
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TPR's record-keeping push welcomed but stresses remain for small schemes
The Pensions Regulator is demanding that trustees report on record-keeping in the scheme return and has issued new guidance, after conducting a survey which found that too many are not measuring members’ data.
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LGPS board seeks to iron out rule imbalances
News analysis: The Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board is seeking approval of several proposed changes to local authority scheme rules in order to align certain benefit entitlements with wider public sector norms.
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What the regulator's record-keeping survey can tell your scheme
Many schemes are still failing to properly assess the quality of their common and conditional data, results from the Pensions Regulator’s 2014 record-keeping survey show.
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Opinion
Six key graphs on the regulator's uphill task on scheme data
The Pensions Regulator last week released its annual record-keeping survey, which once again showed smaller schemes were falling behind their larger counterparts.
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Features
NESPF automates employer data submission to plug gaps
North East Scotland Pension Fund is working towards implementing a fully automated process for employers submitting member data, after narrowly failing to hit all the Pensions Regulator’s targets for common data accuracy.
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Ombudsman decision underscores record-keeping risk
Schemes have been urged to record benefit decisions after a determination by the pensions ombudsman found against trustees that had not properly documented a resolution to cease discretionary increases.
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Making good your scheme's common data shortfall
News analysis: The Pensions Regulator's annual record-keeping survey, released earlier this week, demonstrated a lack of awareness among smaller schemes of their data obligations, but also contained hints about how to repair administrative faults.
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Features
Jamaican case firms up record-keeping requirements
Schemes concerned by a Jamaican case heard in the UK that makes it harder to reclaim money paid by mistake should review their delegated administration responsibilities to avoid legal costs.
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PPF assessment period leads to better data
Comment: Ongoing pension schemes with viable employers should start to behave as if they are going through a Pension Protection Fund assessment period.
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More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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