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Occupational pension scheme: a diagnostic review

Resource summary

Questions this tool is designed to help you answer


  • Do I know enough about pensions to contribute to a pension review?
  • How effective is my organisation's pension strategy?
  • What are some of the key issues I should consider in a review?

Benefits of this tool

For you:

  • Play an effective role in a review of your organisation's occupational pension arrangements.
  • Enhance your contribution to the formulation of your organisation's pension strategy.
  • Advise the organisation on the advantages and disadvantages of scheme alternatives.

For your organisation:

  • Help ensure the existing occupational pension scheme is delivering business benefits.
  • Ensure the scheme is aligned with reward, HR and business strategies.
  • Manage cost pressures.

Who is this tool for?

  • Those new to pensions and pension issues.
  • Those planning to review their existing occupational pension arrangements.

What's in the tool?

Two questionnaires to help your organisation review its existing pension arrangements:

  • The first questionnaire tests the general awareness of your pensions knowledge before you embark on the review.
  • The second questionnaire lists some of the typical questions that an initial review would be designed to address and answer.

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