ADVISORY CATEGORIES
ADVISORY CATEGORIES
ADVISORY CATEGORIES
The deadline for receipt of the entries is 5pm on Friday, 20 January 2023.
Make sure to read this year's entry criteria by clicking here.
To view the criteria for our new Pension Scheme of the Year Award categories click here.
The entry forms and submissions will be considered by a panel of judges made up from professionals from across the occupational pensions industry. The judges will be announced on our website over the coming weeks.
The finalists list will be published on Friday, 10 March 2023 and the winners will be announced at a ceremony on 1 June at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.
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INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
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OTHER CATEGORIES
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This category is open to both DB and DC schemes of all sizes but is not open to entry by commercial master trusts (which are covered by the ‘DC Master Trust of the Year’ and ‘DB Master Trust / Consolidator of the Year’ categories above.
This category is open to both DB and DC schemes of all sizes but is not open to entry by commercial group personal pension providers, master trusts or consolidators (which would be covered by the ‘Pensions Communication Initiative of the Year’ categories above. GPP providers and commercial master trusts are, however, allowed to put forward an entry on behalf of one of their employer or pension scheme clients.
Judges assessing this category will be looking for evidence of a successful communications or engagement project or strategy – particularly looking for evidence on the effectiveness of its communication, the way it has used technology to support its strategy and any innovations it has employed.
This category is open to DB schemes that have undergone or are undergoing a risk reduction exercise – be that the use of bulk annuity products such as buy-in or buyout; the use of longevity swaps or through things like member option exercises.
Judges will look at how trustees assessed potential reduction offerings, how they implemented the strategy and how the strategy fits in with the rest of the scheme's asset portfolio and will develop in the future. It will also assess how the risk reduction exercise was communicated to members.