Season's Greetings from Merseyside Pension Fund
Submitted by Administrator on December 16, 2015 - 9:41amEveryone at Merseyside Pension Fund would like to wish our deferred members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Everyone at Merseyside Pension Fund would like to wish our deferred members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Fund has published its Report & Accounts for 2014/15. It details the Fund's investment and administrative performance for the year ending 31 March 2015.
The Pensions Regulator has updated it’s guidance about the dangers of pension savers being tricked into handing over their pension pots by scammers.
With an increased demand for early access to pension savings, there is clear evidence that more members of the public are being duped into transferring their pension funds to rogue pension arrangements.
Annual Benefit Statements will very shortly be posted to the home addresses of those with a deferred membership of the LGPS as at 31 March 2015. Enclosed with the 2015 statement will be a copy of our annual newsletter for deferred members, 'The Hive'.
Registered users of our secure online service, 'MyPension', can view a copy of their 2015 Statement now.
If you would like to register to use 'MyPension' for the first time, please click here.
The Fund has published its annual newsletter for deferred members, 'The Hive'. This issue includes information about new arrangements regarding the production of Annual Benefit Statements in 2016.
Merseyside Pension Fund will be closed over the Easter period from 5pm on Thursday 2 April 2015 until 9am on Tuesday 7 April 2015.
The period for applications to serve on the new Local Pension Board as member representative, employer representative or independent chair is now closed.
You may be interested to know that there are some changes to the governance arrangements for pension funds within the Local Government Pension Scheme.
These changes are part of the reform of Public Sector Pension Schemes which began in 2011.