NAPF Fund Membership

Who is it for?

• Companies, local authorities and other organisations which provide pensions for their employees
• Industry-wide pension schemes
• Pension fund trustee bodies                                        

Why join? Our membership subscriptions start at just over £200 for the smallest schemes, the larger schemes pay a maximum of £5,000. That’s just 16 pence per scheme member on average for all our lobbying, expertise, intelligence and services.

NAPF members also enjoy exclusive free or discounted places at NAPF events, and     free subscriptions to the industry’s specialist magazines – alone worth around £1,000.

What are the benefits?

Conferences
The NAPF is the leading provider of pensions conferences. NAPF members can enjoy free or discounted delegate places. We secure top speakers from Government and the pensions industry and deliver programmes designed to examine the key issues of the day.

Hot Topic seminars
Our Hot Topic seminars lead the field in delivering information and debate on the
latest issues. Seminars cover topics ranging from managing risk, to corporate governance regulation and getting ready for 2012. Attendees have the opportunity to hear from, and question, acknowledged experts.

Training and professional development
We have an excellent tradition of supporting all those involved in pensions.  Whether a new or experienced trustee, an HR manager or finance professional, courses are designed to meet all levels of experience.

‘Made Simple ’ Guides
Our comprehensive guides, written in jargonfree English, cover a range of technical issues including hedge funds, investing in commercial property and private equity.  Each NAPF member receives one free copy of every Made Simple Guide produced

Research

The NAPF leads the way in pensions research and provides detailed reports and
analysis. Top research titles include:

NAPF Annual Survey is a unique benchmarking tool and provides pension schemes, advisers and policymakers with an invaluable insight into the state of workplace pensions.

Workplace Pensions Survey provides a snapshot of employed people’s views of, and confidence in, pensions.

Assessing Investment Consultants’ Performance gauges pension funds’ opinions on their investment consultants and provides an independent toolkit to help trustees monitor the performance of their investment consultancies.

NAPF research reports and publications are available to members either at discounted
rates or free.

NAPF Publications

PolicyWatch: Exclusive to NAPF members and emailed fortnightly, PolicyWatch is our
electronic bulletin of latest pensions news, political and regulatory developments.

NAPF News: The quarterly member magazine contains news, articles and features from
leading experts as well as interviews with the industry’s top players.

Member Forums Our two specialist member forums for industry-wide schemes and local authority schemes are an invaluable source of industry intelligence. They help develop Government policy and their views are sought by Government and regulators.

Online Resources and Seminars

The NAPF offers free membership to its new PensionsConnection services for defined contribution schemes, finance directors and human resources professionals. These forums feature regular newsletters, online discussions and polls, as well as topical speaker evenings and networking opportunities.

Exclusive Member Offers

Our exclusive member offers in association with NAPF partners are available to our members, including:

Trustee Recruitment Service by Trust Associates, providing schemes with experienced professionals for their trustee boards

UAR Pension Tracing Services by Experian, to help you find those deferred and pensioner members you've previously been unable to locate

How we make a difference

Thanks to NAPF lobbying, the ceiling in indexation for deferred pensions will reduce from 5 per cent to 2.5 per cent from April. This change will save schemes around £250m. Our discussions with Government have ensured that the impact of Personal Accounts and auto-enrolment on employers will be minimised. We are co-ordinating legal action against HM Revenue and Customs to exempt from VAT investment management services to pension schemes. If successful, schemes could gain around £300m in repaid VAT.

We successfully lobbied against extending EU Solvency rules to pension funds, which
would have increased scheme costs by around 50 per cent.

Current major priorities

We are helping pension funds and scheme sponsors manage through the recession by pressing Government and regulators to lighten the regulatory load and roll back decades of costly and cumbersome regulatory burdens.

To help schemes’ funding positions we are lobbying Government to issue more longdated gilts.

Later this year we will launch a DC Pension Quality Mark so employers can demonstrate the value of their scheme to new and existing employees.

ISN'T IT TIME YOU JOINED US?

If you have any questions or would like any further information please call Dominic Lynch on 020 7601 1706 or email rebecca.morris@napf.co.uk.