Below is the 2022 league table for the UK’s outsourced third party pensions administration providers, often referred to as Pensions TPAs. The data is based on 2022 figures provided by the pensions third party administration providers. The league table covers 7,945 pension schemes, with more than 19 million members benefits being administered. If you would…
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There has been a lot of commentary in the industry recently about diversity of trustee boards. Professional Trustee (“PT”) firms represent a great many schemes, so we undertook a survey to create a start point assessment of their diversity. The graphs below provide a snapshot of the results. The PT population surveyed represents about 55%…
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In pursuit of great pensions administration The question we get asked most often is unquestionably “are there any good Third Party Administrators (TPAs) out there?”, followed closely by “what does top quality pensions administration look like?” To which we can respond positively – “yes, great pensions administration is out there!” With the correct expertise it…
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DC Master Trust League Table 2022 We are delighted to publish the latest Go Pensions DC Master Trust league table. This is a very active market with rapid developments and policy makers looking on from on high. Key metrics have been gathered from the ‘commercial’ master trusts to reflect the position at the 2022 half-year…
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Each year we take a close up look at the commercial DC master trust market – that’s master trusts that are open to all employers. 19 commercial master trusts took part in our research, sharing their experiences around: Supporting small schemes and Value For Members (VFM) assessments Member technology and the Pensions Dashboards Programme Developing…
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It’s sometimes easy to forget that our neighbours in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland) remain a member state of the European Union. As such, certain types of EU legislation apply to Ireland. And whilst we in the UK have not had to worry about the latest Pensions Directive (IORP II), it looks likely to bring…
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Value for members assessments are here Deadlines are fast approaching for DC Schemes under £100m to publish their Value for Members (VfM) assessments. New regulations effective from late 2021 introduced this requirement (see the guidance here). Value for members = costs, charges and investment returns Those of us involved in the pensions industry have an…
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The Government is pushing for consolidation of small DC Schemes (those with assets under £100m) into master trusts. But why are some small schemes holding back and what can be done to address this? The February issue of the PMI’s Pensions Aspects Magazine features an article on this subject by Tina Oversby. Findings are based…
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DC Master Trust League Table – February 2022 The Go Pensions 2022 DC Master Trust league table shows some exciting trends. Our survey covers 21 Master Trusts incorporating some 23.1 million members, across 1.1 million employer schemes. This represents around a 10% increase in employer schemes since our previous league table published just 6 months…
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The results from our latest annual DC master trust survey are now available. This year we were interested in hearing how master trusts are preparing for expected small scheme consolidation, what priorities they see from clients and prospects and more! Hear from Tina Oversby about the findings in the short video below. Our DC master…
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