Pension Scheme Adminstration - the Pensions Regulator heeds actuaries call for action

by Alan Collins   •  
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At Spence and Partners and Dalriada Trustees Limited, we have long been espousing the value of good recording keeping in relation to pension scheme administration, particularly in our call for action in relation to pension scheme data. We therefore strongly welcome today's consultation from the Pensions Regulator (TPR) entitled "Record-keeping: measuring member data".  We endorse the view that "Trustees and those responsible for administering workplace pensions will need to improve standards of record keeping". I was certainly less surprised than TPR by the fact that only 19% of schemes surveyed had checked that they had all the fundamental common data and that over half of the surveyed schemes were missing more than one item of fundamental data.  My experience would indicate lower "success" rates than this. We further support the proposal for TPR to set, monitor and enforce target levels of accuracy for the common data that schemes must hold and will be interested to see how this area develops. We note further that TPR intends to work closely with the Financial Service Authority to monitor record keeping in contract based schemes. Finally, we look forward to further developments in this area and would encourage all trustees to look out for and undertake the soon to be published e-learning module on this subject.

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