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Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA)
Association representing professionally qualified actuaries working in the consulting sector who advise individuals and corporate clients on a range of issues, including the design of pension schemes. The ACA publishes a variety of material including reports on pension trends, statistics and an annual survey on smaller firms pensions.
Association of Pension Lawyers (APL)
A non-profit association 'established and run by lawyers specialising in pensions in the UK'. The site includes a useful collection of full text articles, links and guidance notes amongst other resources.
Department for Work & Pensions (DWP)
Official website of the government department with responsibility for pensions.
Employer Covenant Practitioners Association (ECPA)
Provides a forum for employer covenant advisors to discuss best practice, raise standards and promote awareness. The group's publications, such as its Integrated Risk Management guide, are publicly available on its website.
Government Actuary's Department (GAD)
Government department that provides actuarial advice to the government to enable it to make pensions policy. The site includes links to Ogden tables and GAD technical bulletins covering topical developments on pensions and insurance.
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
Chartered professional body dedicated to educating, developing and regulating actuaries based both in the UK and internationally. The IFoA website contains information on the practice area of pensions including their latest publications in this area.
International Actuarial Association (IAA)
Worldwide association of professional actuarial associations and the standard setter for International Standards of Actuarial Practice (ISAPs).
International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS)
An independent international body representing those involved in supervising private pension arrangements. A useful feature of the site are country-by-country reports on pensions, links to pensions regulatory bodies across the world and international pensions news.
Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)
Government service set up to bring together three financial guidance bodies - the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise - into one single organisation. The Service aims to provide free, impartial information on workplace and personal pensions, as well as debt advice and money guidance.
MoneyHelper
An independent non-profit organisation backed by the government, providing information and guidance on pensions (formerly known as The Pensions Advisory Service, TPAS). In addition to a wide range of news, guidance and FAQs, the site provides a useful overview of pensions leaflets and publications from a range of official bodies. Free help is available from its pension specialists via phone, email and webchat.
Office for National Statistics - Pension Scheme Surveys
Annual ONS datasets providing membership, contribution rates and benefit figures for occupational pension schemes.
Pension Advisory Group (PAG)
An interdisciplinary group of judges, family and pension lawyers, pension experts, academics and a mediator. The PAG has published A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce (July 2019), which provides in-depth analysis of how pensions on divorce should be approached, particularly in relation to valuing pensions and offsetting them against other capital assets.
Pension Tracing Service
An online Pension Tracing Service from the Department for Work and Pensions which is intended to help locate lost pensions.
Pension Wise
A free and impartial government service to help individuals approaching retirement understand their choices under the new pensions flexibility arrangements announced in Budget 2014. Free phone or webchat appointments with a pension specialist are available for individuals aged 50 or over who have a UK-based defined contribution pension.
Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA)
A not-for-profit membership organisation which formed in 2011 with the aim of promoting and improving the quality of pensions administration services for UK pension schemes.
Pensions Advice Taskforce
An industry forum established in 2018 by the Personal Finance Society, with the aim of bringing together pensions industry stakeholders to provide strategic industry leadership and raise pension advice standards. In 2019 the Taskforce launched the Pension Transfer Gold Standard, a voluntary code of good practice for safeguarded and defined benefit pension transfer advice, based around a set of principles.
Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)
Official body representing the occupational pensions movement. The site publishes news, research and a series of Made Simple Guides to help trustees get to grips with technical topics. The PLSA was known as the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) until October 2015.
Pensions Archive Trust
Body established to archive material relating to the management and development of occupational and personal pensions in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Pensions Institute
Research centre based at Cass Business School that offers a virtual library of reference sources, an archive of abstracts and full text discussion papers, news and a collection of full text articles/reports. The site also includes the full text of a number of pensions-themed articles from Accountancy magazine.
Pensions Management Institute (PMI)
Professional body for pensions professionals, with information about the body, membership and qualifications. The site is packed with features, including an archive of their monthly publication PMI News (restricted to PMI members only), surveys and research and the full text of Pensions Terminology (a glossary of pension terms produced in conjunction with the Pensions Research Accountants Group).
Pensions Ombudsman
Ombudsman who ‘investigates and decides complaints and disputes about the way that pension schemes are run’. The site includes a guide to procedures and hearings, with an archive of determinations issued from 1 April 2001 onwards.
Pensions Policy Institute
Website of the body described as an ‘educational charity set up to promote, on a non-political basis, the study of pensions and other retirement provision’. The site includes reports on the changing pensions landscape and the regularly updated publications:
- Pensions Primer
A description of the UK pension system - Pensions Facts
Collection of tables for frequently requested statistics on pensions in the UK
Pensions Protection Fund
Established under the provisions of the Pensions Act 2004 to pay compensation to members of eligible pension schemes in the event of insolvency.
Pensions Research Accountants Group (PRAG)
Independent research and discussion group, which was recognised by the Accounting Standards Board as the appropriate organisation to issue Statements of Recommended Practice (SORPs) for pension schemes in 1996. The site provides information on the SORP, current research projects, news, a history of the organisation and a catalogue of PRAG publications.
Society of Pension Consultants (SPC)
Professional body representing providers of pensions advice and services. The site includes information about the organisation and a monthly news summary.
State Pension toolkit
A collection of material from the Department for Work and Pensions on the state pension, including guidance on the state pension top up.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR)
Regulator of work-based pension schemes in the UK, created under the Pensions Act 2004. The website features an extensive document library which includes:
- Codes of Practice (e.g. scope documents for trustee knowledge).
- Guidance on employer duties (e.g. automatic enrolment)
- Guidance and resources for business advisers
- The Trustee toolkit (a free online learning programme aimed at trustees of occupational pension schemes)
The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP)
A representative body for a wide range of UK pension advisors and service providers. The Society shares regular technical updates and holds evening meetings, an annual conference and roundtables. It has published a short Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Guide to help trustees of small and medium schemes in the early stages of meeting their ESG obligations.
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