The cross industry GMP Equalisation Working Group (GMPEWG) today publishes Guidance on the data required for GMP Equalisation (GMPE). The GMPEWG is chaired by the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA). The Guidance looks at all the data aspects of a …
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Robert Wakefield
Robert has worked in the world of pensions for over thirty years in various guises, having started as an eager actuarial student working on pension scheme valuations and investments. Realising there is a world of pensions beyond actuary work, Robert …
Read MorePASA accreditation. LCP’s take on how and why…
Gaining PASA accreditation is a big reward – being formally recognised by the leading administration standards body as being ‘gold standard’ is something firms can celebrate and the Pensions Regulator is increasingly promoting. Yet it’s also a big task. There’s …
Read MorePASA blog – Isolated, but not alone
Supporting our stakeholders through uncertainty I remember talking to my youngest daughter, who was eight at the time when she accidently saw some unsettling footage on the news last year. She asked me why there are so many bad people …
Read MorePress release – LCP achieves PASA accreditation
PASA today announced Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) as the latest organisation to be awarded PASA accreditation. Lorraine Harper, Chair of PASA’s Accreditation committee, commented: ‘Pensions administration remains a critical issue, with poor pensions admin having a significant, and negative, …
Read MorePFO article – D for Digital
Check out PASA Board Director, Paul Sturgess’ article for Pension Funds Online. We’ve all seen the power of digital solutions become absolutely pivotal to our methods of managing this crisis. But of course, these are not new tools. Much like the …
Read MorePress Release – PASA announces Origo as Expert Partner for Dashboard and Transfers
PASA today announced that leading FinTech company Origo will be their new expert partner for dashboard and transfers. Kim Gubler, PASA Chair said: “Member output has always been core to our ethos at PASA, and we’ve always believed dashboard is …
Read MorePASA Blog – Administration in Isolation
A blog from the PASA Board Directors At the start of this new decade who would have thought that, less than three months in, the majority of the UK workforce would either be stood-down or working from home? Luckily, most …
Read MorePASA launches Covid-19 Guidance for Administrators
PASA today announced new guidance to support administrators during the Covid-19 crisis. Kim Gubler, PASA Chair, commented: “In the space of a few weeks the world has changed for us all, the COVID-19 pandemic represents a once in a generation …
Read MorePensions administrators and the COVID-19 cybercrime spike – including free webinar
I am writing to you as Chair of the PASA Cybercrime and Fraud Working Group (CFWG). TPR have issued general guidance to pensions scheme concerning some extra steps which they should take during the current COVID-19 heath and economic emergency. …
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