Not exact matches
United Kingdom and Ireland About Blog Spence & Partners is a privately owned UK firm of
pension consultants, actuaries,
pension scheme IT specialists and
administrators.
United Kingdom and Ireland About Blog Spence & Partners is a privately owned UK firm of
pension consultants, actuaries,
pension scheme IT specialists and
administrators.
In a case heard last month, the
Pensions Ombudsman held that the date when the six - year limitation period relating to an action for the recovery of
pension overpayments stopped was the date upon which the
scheme administrator first notified the member of the overpayments and sought repayment.
In November 2015, the Ombudsman dismissed a complaint by a pensioner about the actions of the
scheme administrator and trustees in seeking to recover overpaid
pension and failing to put one of his additional voluntary contribution (AVC) funds into payment on time.
The Tribunal disagreed and emphasised that the
administrator had a genuine discretion, noting that the
pension scheme documentation referred to this being the case and that Mrs Staveley's letter of wishes did not bind the
scheme administrator.
Rosalind has spent two decades advising employers, trustees,
administrators and members in relation to the establishment, management and winding up of
pension schemes.
The QROPs Information Regulations specify the reporting requirements for the provision of information by
scheme administrators of registered
pension schemes and
scheme managers of overseas
pension schemes to registered
pension scheme members.
Where a registered
pension scheme ceases to be a Master Trust
Scheme, the
scheme administrator must provide an event report to HMRC confirming that the
scheme has ceased to be a Master Trust
Scheme and the date which this occurred.
One of the obligations to members under the QROPs Information Regulations is that the
scheme administrator must provide a member with a statement when he / she may be first flexibly accessing his / her
pension rights.
The
administrators of the
scheme denied Ms Brewster access to a survivor's
pension on the basis that Mr McMullan had not completed a form nominating her as beneficiary, despite the fact that she satisfied all other conditions imposed by the regulations.