Members who joined the scheme before 01/01/2013 will have accrued final salary benefits for service through to 31/12/2012 and CRB benefits for service from 01/01/2013 onward. Members in this section of the scheme will have all of their pension administered by our office unless they have chosen to set up an additional defined contribution fund with SEI Capita.
The full scheme rules are available at: The CPS Scheme Rules and 2004 Scheme Changes
If you are looking for forms or reporting a death please see the CPS homepage.
On this page this you can find-
Overview
Detailed Guidance
SEI Master Trust
Overview
The following document offers an overview of the CRB section of the CPS and provides a good starting point for understanding your pension-
Detailed Guidance
The following factsheets cover specific areas of the CRB section of the CPS in more detail-
Factsheet 1 Eligibility
Factsheet 2 Retirement Benefits
Factsheet 3 Contributions
Factsheet 4 Salary Sacrifice
Factsheet 5 Topping up your Benefits
Factsheet 6 Early Retirement
Factsheet 7 Late Retirement
Factsheet 8 Pension Increases
Factsheet 9 Death Benefits
Factsheet 10 Leaving Service
Factsheet 11 Ill Health and Incapacity Retirement
Factsheet 12 Transfers
Factsheet 13 Divorce
Factsheet 14 State Pension Benefits
Factsheet 15 Disputes and Complaints
Factsheet 16 Flexible Retirement
Factsheet 17 Absence (including Maternity / Paternity, sabbatical and sickness leave)
SEI Master Trust
Members of the CRB section of the CPS do not automatically accrue a defined contribution fund but can commence one by paying AVCs or by completing a transfer in from an external pension scheme. The defined contribution fund is administered by the SEI Master Trust team.
Members can view and manage their SEI Master Trust pension online here.
Unless you have chosen otherwise the SEI Master Trust will invest your fund using the default investment strategy outlined in the following factsheet:
Below are links to factsheets for the full range of investment funds that are available to members of the SEI Master Trust.
If you wish to make changes to the investment strategy for your SEI Master Trust fund you can use the link above to view and manage your SEI Master Trust pension online.
Funds (* denotes where used in the default strategy)
SEI Asset Allocation (Multi-Asset) Funds
SEI investment (Asset Class) Funds
6. SEI Global Select Equity Fund
7. SEI Emerging Markets Equity Fund
9. SEI US Small Companies Fund
10. SEI Factor Allocation Global Equity Fund *
11. SEI Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund
12. SEI Global Fixed Income Fund
13. SEI UK Core Fixed Interest Fund
Externally Managed Funds
14. BlackRock Market Advantage Strategy Fund
15. Columbia Threadneedle Property Fund
16. Columbia Threadneedle Responsible UK Equity Fund
17. State Street global Advisers (SSgA) Global Equity 50/50 ESG Screened Index Sub Fund
18. SSgA Sterling Liquidity Sub-Fund *
19. SSgA Sterling Non-Gilts Bond All Stocks ESG Screened Index Fund
20. SSgA UK Conventional Gilts Over 15 Years Index Fund
21. SSgA UK Index Linked Gilts Over 5 Years Index Fund