About PASA

The world of pensions has changed over the years with moves to DC and an accompanying shift from consulting-centric to administration-centric service provision, concerns about quality of data in DB legacy schemes and an increasing focus by the Pensions Regulator on administration quality.

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has been created from within the industry to become the body to set meaningful administration standards, assess compliance with those standards and act as a focal point for government and the pensions industry on matters relating to administration standards.

PASA is focused on three core activities:
  1. Defining good standards of pensions administration relevant to all providers, whether in-house, third party or insurers
  2. Publishing guidance to support those standards
  3. Being an independent accreditation body, assessing the achievement of good standards for scheme members and sponsors (regardless of provider)

There is no organisation providing the services PASA proposes across pension arrangements, yet there is a demand for evidence of service quality from scheme trustees, sponsors, administrators, insurers, scheme members and regulators.

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about PASA