USS 2016 Proposed changes Eifion Morris, APMI Member Communications Manager
Agenda Introduction Career Revalued Benefits – how it works Final Salary – how it works Proposed changes Defined contribution What next? Questions
Introduction USS’s Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) have proposed a package of changes
Terminology Final Salary Service and salary at retirement Career Revalued Benefits (CRB) Salary each year Defined Contribution (DC) Investment fund
Final Salary How it works
Pension The calculation 1 80 th Service Salary Pension Tax Free £ 3 PLUS
Pensionable salary RPI 2012
£ 31,740 £ 22,218 £ 28,566 £ 30,153 £ 36,500 £ 28,566 £ 34,914 £ 31,740 £ 33,327 £ 38,889 £ 36,501 £ 37,612 £ 40,000 Pensionable salary calculation Retirement day Years to retirement £ 41,000 £ 30,318 £ 38,068 £ 35,468 £ 45,922 £ 34,655 £ 38,760 £ 36,887 £ 37,580 £ 39,982 £ 39,701 £ 39,857 £ 40,000 RPI Revalued salary
Career Revalued Benefits How it works
The calculation Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 6 Year 4 Year 5 Year 9 Year 7 Year 8 Year 12 Year 10 Year 11 Each year your pension & tax-free cash are calculated and ‘banked’
Salary Banked We now need to add increases ‘revaluation’ Example Pension calculation TOTAL : £2, pa
Banked Pension Example Inflation calculation TOTAL : £2, pa Tax-free cash of 3 X pension in addition
Proposed changes
Proposal
Existing Final Salary section 2016 FSAL CRB
Existing CRB section benefits 2016 CRB
Existing AVCs 2016 ?
Existing transfer-in 2016 CRB
New CRB section CPI CRB 1 75 th 18 % 8%8% £55K
Defined contribution
Defined Contribution section DC £55K CRB 12 % 8%8% 1 % +1 %
Tax free Defined contribution flexibilities 55yrs 100% Tax free ?
Assessing your own position Comparison Tool
Assessing your own position
Other considerations £55K CPI
What next?
Amendments/approval Timetable 16 Mar’15 Late May’15 Before end of June’15 1 April’16 Employer consultation Implementation Feedback to Trustee Board
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