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    Driving resolutions during a complex scheme wind-up

    How BW restored momentum, resolved legacy admin issues and completed the wind-up of a £700m DC scheme with 10,000+ members.

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    BW announces partnership with BoardClic for board effectiveness assessments

    Our exclusive partnership offers BoardClic’s innovative board evaluation platform and powerful benchmarking tools to our pension schemes clients.

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    Seamless transition to outsourced scheme secretarial services

    Discover how Barnett Waddingham seamlessly transitioned a charity's defined benefit pension scheme from in-house to outsourced secretarial services.

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    Reviving a stalled GMP reconciliation project

    Discover how BW successfully revived and completed a stalled GMP reconciliation project, paving the way for rectification and equalisation.

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    Pensions management: easing stress for LV='s pension team

    Our Pension Executive & Management Services (PEMS) team streamlined the management of pension schemes at LV=, leading life and pensions mutual insurer in the UK,

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    The crucial role of the scheme administrator in relation to GMP equalisation

    Principal and senior pension management consultant, Lucy Cresswell, talks to the PMI about why equalising GMP is a complicated project.

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    The importance of cyber security to pension trustees

    Is your scheme safe? In our latest blog, our Pension Management experts look at the actions trustees can take to protect scheme members from a cyber attack.

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    HMRC Final Data Cuts – Last chance to get it right

    At the time of writing this blog, we have received final data cuts from HMRC for the majority of our schemes. From the start, we have sought to work with HMRC in th…

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    GMP Equalisation: Working Group publishes data guidance

    The PASA GMP Equalisation Working Group have published a guidance note to help trustees decide how to approach data collection.

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    PASA guidance on GMP Equalisation – ‘When to rectify’

    PASA has issued helpful guidance on four steps you should consider as trustees when planning GMP rectification and equalisation projects, to ensure you make the bes…

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