Spence & Partners is a privately owned firm of actuaries, consultants and pension scheme administrators. We specialise in advising on and managing final salary pension schemes in the United Kingdom and Ireland and provide support services not only to employers, trustees and scheme members but to other professional advisers. For individuals we provide advice to value pension rights for the purposes of litigation including the calculation of damages and pensions on divorce.

Bank bailouts bras and pension administration

Bank bailouts, bras and pension administration all have one thing in common - they are seen as necessary evils.Professional Pensions reports that almost half of schemes interviewed are happy to say that they lack an honest relationship with their administration provider. Unfortunately the article doesn't provide too much of an indication of what is dishonest in the relationship. Read more.......Making Sense of Pensions from Spence & Partners comments on how the value and complexity of pension administration is not recognised and that it is no surprise relations between clients and providers lack honesty.

Paving the road to hell

Baldrick has clearly taken up employment with the NAPF. They have come up with a plan (see FT.com - Pension schemes to face ‘quality mark' test) which is as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning. As good old Balders himself might have said.And the cunning plan is? A quality mark plus for pensions!!......Making sense of Pensions comments on whether the NAPF pensions quality misses the point that there should be wider encouragement for pension provision in "Paving the Road to Hell"

Spence Partners continued growth

In these tough economic times find out how Spence & Partners and their group companies have announced another year of sustainable growth.

Specialist Services

Specialists in assisting employers, trustees and pension schemes through "end game" pension scenarios.