Welcome

Welcome to the Website for the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.

The pages of this website contain information about the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and how it is administered in Berkshire. It sets out details about your membership of the Scheme and the benefits of contributing to a highly regarded, final-salary occupational pension scheme.

The right-hand navigations will take you to pages that are relevant to your membership status. The left-hand navigations provide information that is relevant to everyone.

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is moving

With effect from Monday 21st December 2009 our new address will be:

Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund
Minster Court
22-30 York Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1SF

Telephone 0845 602 7237
E-mail: info@berkshirepensions.org.uk
Website: http://www.berkshirepensions.org.uk/

Pension Panel Election Results

In our Spring 2009 edition of the Quill we invited our members to nominate themselves for a position on the Berkshire Pension Fund Advisory Panel. There were two vacancies for panel representation - one active and one retired or deferred Scheme member. Votes have now been cast and we are pleased to confirm the elected members below:

Active Member Representative: Mr Graeme Herd

Retired/Deferred Member Representative: Mr David Nicholson

Thank you to all members who voted and further information on the new panel representatives will be available in our Spring 2010 edition of the Quill and Scribe newsletters which will be issued in April.

News Release from the Berkshire Pension Fund - 15 December 2009

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund, has entered into an innovative longevity hedging insurance contract with Swiss Re. Click here to view the news release...

Awards Success for the Berkshire Pension Fund

We are delighted to announce that at the ninth annual IPE European Pension Fund Awards held in Dublin on November 18, that the Royal Country of Berkshire Pension Fund won the IPE Themed Award for Best Pension Fund investing in Commodities.

The fund's submission for this IPE Themed Award was selected by a panel of independent judges, appointed by Investment & Pensions Europe. Please click here to view the full press release.

In addition the Fund was also runner up in the following categories:

Best UK Fund (won By Barnardo Staff Fund)
Best Public Pension Fund (won by the Danish State Fund ATP)

The IPE awards are open to Pension Funds across Europe and the Berkshire Pension Scheme were one of only 4 English funds to win an award.

Annual Report and Accounts 2008/2009

The Annual Report and Accounts for 2008/2009 are now available to download here. If you would like a hard copy of this document please contact Joanne Brazier on 01628 796754.

Future Pension Events

The Berkshire Pensions Team is currently organising a series of pension surgeries to be held at the six main unitary authorities within the Berkshire area. These surgeries will be run throughout the year and will provide an opportunity for you to meet the Pensions Team face to face and raise any questions you may have about your pension benefits.

Please visit the Pension Events section to find out more.

Publications, Forms and Guides - available to download

You can now access all of our pension scheme guides, leaflets and newsletters online by visiting our publications section. Our scheme guides contain everything you need to know about the Local Government Pension Scheme.

State Pension Age Calculator

Click here to access the online calculator produced by the Pension Service and calculate the date you will be entitled to claim your State Pension.

What's New

Visit the What's New page for details of the scheme changes that apply from 1st April 2008 and where you can view the new-look scheme 2008 video. You can download a key features comparison table that looks at the main differences between the LGPS both before and after amendments were made.

Tell us what you think...

As always we would welcome your views particularly on our new website or about the service we provide in general. Please feel free to contact us.

Disclaimer: The information contained in the pages of this website has been prepared by the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund. It should not be treated as a complete and authoritative statement of the law. Whilst every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy of the website, it would be helpful if visitors could bring to the attention of the Pension Fund any perceived errors or omissions. Please contact us on 0845 602 7237