LPFA cuts costs using identity check service

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In a trial of Western Union's Global Existence Transaction service, the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has saved the equivalent of 5% of the fund's used in the pilot.

The service helps schemes check the identities of members living overseas, which funds must do each year. LPFA tried the service in 2013, and found some pensioners who participated had changed addr...

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