Merseyside Pension Fund’s 2020/2021 Annual Report and Accounts remains in a draft status whilst we await the approval of the financial statement at Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC) and the issue of the audit opinion.
You can read draft versions of the 2020/2021 Report & Accounts, with and without copies of Fund policies respectively, by clicking below.
In 2022 your local government pension will continue to be paid no later than the 10th of each month by Merseyside Pension Fund.
Merseyside Pension Fund has pledged to do what we can to protect scheme members and follow the principles of the Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG) Code of Good Practice in so far as it applies to LGPS Funds.
Pledging to combat pension scams confirms our intent to protect our members and demonstrates that the Fund are committed to stopping scammers in their tracks.
For security reasons, we cannot accept a change of your payment details over the telephone. You should inform us of any change either in writing, or online.
The Fund has published its annual newsletter for LGPS pensioners, ‘The Honeypot’. This issue's leading article describes the Fund's on-going response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A printed copy of this newsletter will be received by pensioners very shortly.
Merseyside Pension Fund does not normally post a payslip to you each month, as for the majority of pensioners, the amount paid each month does not alter significantly.
Merseyside Pension Fund takes every step to ensure that the information we have concerning our pensioners is dealt with in the strictest confidence and not revealed to anyone else who does not have a legal right to see it. We must protect the public funds that we handle, regarding your pension.
If you reached State Pension Age (SPA) before 6 April 2016, payment of the increases to your pension may be shared between Merseyside Pension Fund and the government (DWP).
If you are aged under 55 and retired on the grounds of ill health, or your deferred pension was brought into payment because you are permanently unable to undertake any regular full-time employment, you will receive an increase to your pension in April.