Client feedback

“I wanted to look at the effectiveness of our trustee board, so Gillian, our PSGS scheme secretary, provided their trustee self-assessment tool to help me gather thoughts and opinions from others on the board. The tool was extremely easy to use and asked all the right questions to help me collect the information I needed as Trustee Chair. It is a great example of the way PSGS shares knowledge with their clients and makes dealing with key governance issues easy. As well as enabling me to meet one of the Regulator’s 21st century trusteeship requirements, using the tool has flagged trustee training needs and ways we could improve trustee meetings further. ”
Claire Silvester,
Vector Aerospace
“​I enjoy working with PSGS and we have a very positive relationship. I was new to pensions and found them very helpful.”
Bruce Allison,
RTUK
“Many organisations and people provide the services that clients need. In my opinion, the differentiator is in the way those services are provided and to that extent, Kathy embodies the qualities that I have come to value from PSITL. Kathy is organised but not fussy; diligent but not dogmatic; persistent without being pushy and compliant in a pragmatic way. Whilst she takes ownership and drives issues forward, Kathy is a team player who uses her and her colleagues experience to provide services to her trustee client whilst working closely with those like me representing the sponsoring employer. She works collaboratively with advisers but constructively challenges the scope of services, fees and service standards whenever necessary and makes sure that member needs are always taken into account. I enjoy working with her and trust that she will deliver what is required by the trustee and the members they represent in a manner satisfactory to the sponsoring employer. ”
Stuart Barker,
Internal Pensions Consultant, RSPCA
“PSGS were overall more professional than others.”
Paul Staniland,
Kier
“Ever increasing regulation has placed a heavy burden on trustees both in terms of time and the risk of non-compliance. PSGS has the experience and the resources to help trustees manage these burdens.”
Mark Atkinson,
Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna
“We now have a very collaborative approach between trustees and employer.”
Peter Millard,
Company Secretary, TRL Limited
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Pension communications

Whether you have a defined benefit (DB) or defined contribution (DC) scheme, making your pension communications effective can be hard to achieve.


Good pension communications are vital for employees and scheme members to understand - and properly value - the pension benefits being provided to them.

One of the major communication challenges currently facing pension trustees and employers is the need to clearly explain the new pension flexibilities announced in the 2014. These represent major changes - and pension members need to understand the options available to them and the implications of choosing each option.

Auto-enrolment and automatic re-enrolment is an ongoing process that requires multiple communications to employees, many of which containing quite detailed and complicated information. Then there are the issues specific to each type of pension scheme:

  • Defined benefit (DB) pension scheme members need to understand not only the pension benefit they can expect to receive at retirement, but also how secure their benefits are. Explaining actuarial valuations and scheme funding in a clear, straightforward way is not easy.
  • Defined contribution pension scheme members need to understand the decisions they need to take around contribution levels and investment choices and how these could impact the benefit they eventually receive from the plan.

Getting pension communications right requires true expertise. Our team includes a communication specialist whose valuable expertise enables employers and pension trustees to enhance their communications to make them easier and more attractive to read (while still being factually correct), typically at a much lower cost than other third party consultants.

Example pension scheme newsletters

Our pension communication services include drafting and graphic design for a range of hard copy, soft copy and online communications, including:

  • pension newsletters, announcements and updates for members
  • pension scheme websites
  • member-nominated trustee election communications
  • pension scheme booklets & new joiner information
  • pre retirement communications to help members understand options, plan for their retirement and recognise any risks they are taking
  • auto-enrolment communications
  • targeted campaigns - for example, to aid understanding of investment choices or encourage employees to review their pension and when to consider changing their pension contributions

To find out how we could help you improve your pension communications, please contact us.

Speak direct to our specialist in this area
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Suzi Lowther

Director of Communications
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0845 313 0024

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