Employer newsletter and information letters
Focus Newsletter - November 2019
Contents:
- McCloud case - LGPS implications
- Exit cap update
- Fund actuarial valuation results 2019
- Funding strategy statement (FSS) consultation
Focus - November 2019
Focus Newsletter - September 2019
Contents:
- Pensions savings certificates - annual allowance (AA)
- LGPS - employer data retention policy
- Annual benefit statements (ABS)
- Flexible retirement
- Who is an eligible employee / scheme member
Focus - September 2019
Focus Newsletter - August 2019
Contents:
- Local Pension Board vacancy
- Employer Guides and Factsheets
- Empoyer Focus Peer Group
- Annual Benefit Statements
Focus - August 2019 (298 KB)
Contents:
- Year End Return – Thank you to Employers
- Valuation Consultation
- Exit Cap Consultation
- The Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) – Annual Report
- Focus - June 2019 (275 KB)
Focus Newsletter - April 2019
Contents:
- Employer Training Day
- Exit Cap Consultation
- Pension Fund Administration Strategy Consultation
- Deductions for Additional Pension
- Focus - April 2019 (413 KB)
Focus Newsletter - March 2019
Contents:
- Fund’s Actuarial Valuation
- Annual Employer Returns
- Pension Fund Administration Strategy
- Local Pension Board
- Focus - March 2019 (348 KB)
Focus Newsletter - February 2019
Contents:
- Changes to the LGPS introduced on 10 January 2019
- Overview of the Government Consultation which aims to introduce greater pension protection for employees of LGPS
- Pension Contribution Rates / Banding effective from 1 April 2019
- Proposed improvements to the LGPS
- Focus - February 2019 (468 KB)
Focus Newsletter - November 2018
Contents:
- Fund's Annual General Meeting 2018
- Employer Focus Peer Group
- Fund's new website launched
- Budget - SCAPE discount rate change
- Focus - November 2018 (400 KB)
Focus Newsletter - October 2018
Contents:
- Fund's Actuarial Valuation 2019
- Annual Employer Returns 2017/2018
- Pension Data 2018/2019
- Proposed Changes to the LGPS
- Focus - October 2018 (356 KB)
Focus Newsletter - August 2018
Contents:
- New Employer Admissions
- Amendment Regulations
- Annual Benefit Statements
- Annual General Meeting
- Focus - August 2018 (444 KB)
Focus Newsletter - May 2018
Contents:
- Employer update on the work completed by the Fund on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Focus - May 2018 (242 KB)
Focus Newsletter - February 2018
Contents:
- Automatic enrolment
- Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision
- Ill health retirements and obtaining narrative reports from IRMPs
- September 2017 rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Focus - February 2018 (356 KB)
Archive
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