Latest news

Liz Woolman joins our Board as non-executive director

We’re pleased to announce that Liz Woolman has joined our Board as a Non-Executive Director.

Specialist firm to join assessment period panel

Today we’ve launched a tender to appoint a new firm to join our Specialist Administration and Actuarial Services Panel (SAASP). This panel provides critical assistance to schemes when they enter the assessment period.

We’ve published our latest strategic plan

By achieving the goals set out in our last strategic plan, we’ve built strong foundations to protect our members going forward. Our 2022-25 Strategic Plan sets out our priorities for the next three years. We've also published our new Business Plan for 2022/23.

Changes to the FAS compensation cap

Each year the compensation cap for FAS members is increased in line with inflation, with changes taking effect from 1 April.

We're inviting members to take part in research

We’re contacting some of our PPF and FAS members this week with an invitation to take part in some research. 

We’ve published our diversity pay gap report 

For the second year, we’ve combined our ethnicity pay gap and our gender pay figures to produce a diversity pay gap report. By doing so, we hold ourselves accountable for the targets we set ourselves each year to achieve race and gender equality.

How much lump sum could you receive?

If you haven’t yet reached your former pension scheme’s retirement age, you can use the Benefit Modeller tool on our website.

We've joined the Stewardship Code signatory list

We’re proud to announce that we’ve been added to the latest Financial Reporting Council (FRC) signatory list. As a long-standing supporter of the UK Stewardship Code and UK Corporate Governance Code, we’re thrilled to be recognised for our efforts in Responsible Investment.

Retire online in advance

If you’re over 55 and are yet to claim any of your PPF compensation, you can now retire online up to three months in advance.

#BreakTheBias

This year’s International Women’s Day theme was #BreakTheBias, and yesterday we held a hybrid event for employees to discuss some of the stereotypes, discrimination and bias women often face at work. The event was hosted by our Chair, Kate Jones.

Our statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

We're deeply saddened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our thoughts are first and foremost with the Ukrainian people as this crisis unfolds. 

Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month

This week, our LGBTQ+ group Kaleidoscope partnered with The Log Books podcast to host a session about the LGBTQ+ helpline Switchboard.