Pension Scheme of the Year Awards - Shortlists published

This year's Pension Scheme of the Year Awards have been rigorously judged by our panel of judges.

The winners of the awards will be announced at a drinks reception at the Grange Holborn Sky Bar on 14 July - an event to which all those who entered the awards will be invited.

The winners of the awards will also be invited to an exclusive winners' dinner - to be held at the May Fair in London.

Sponsorship options are also available. To discuss opportunities, please contact Liam Barrett on [email protected] or 020 7316 9277.

The finalist lists are as follows:

Pension Scheme of the Year
There is no shortlist for this award, which is chosen by the judges from among the winners of the overall scheme categories. The winner of this award will be announced at the winners' reception on 14 July

Pensions Manager / Trustee of the Year
- Anne Harris, UK pensions manager at Scottish Power
- Duncan Mears, pension trustee at the Accenture Retirement Savings Plan
- Jane Healy, pensions manager and scheme secretary at DP World
- Ruston Smith, group people, pensions and insurable risk director at Tesco
- Sukhjit Dhillon, pensions officer at London United

DC Scheme of the Year (for companies with 5,000 and more staff)
- Legal & General Employee Pension Plan
- Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
- Thomson Reuters UK Retirement Plan

DC Scheme of the Year (for firms with under 5,000 staff)
- BASF UK Group Pension Scheme - DC Section
- Merck Group Retirement Savings Plan
- The RIBA Pension

DB Scheme of the Year (asset value of over £2.5bn)
- Essex Pension Fund
- ICI Pension Fund
- Lothian Pension Fund
- North East Scotland Pension Fund
- Railways Pension Scheme
- Royal Mail Pension Plan
- Strathclyde Pension Fund

DB Scheme of the Year (asset value of over £500m-£2.5bn)
- Dyfed Pension Fund
- Eli Lilly Group Pension Plan
- Greater Gwent (Torfaen) Pension Fund
- Lothian Buses Pension Fund
- P&O Pension Scheme

DB Scheme of the Year (asset value of up to £500m)
- Federated Pension Plan
- Germinal Holdings Limited Retirement and Death Benefits Plan
- Macmillan Cancer Support Pension Scheme
- Weetabix Group Pension Scheme

Public Sector Scheme of the Year
- Lancashire County Pension Fund
- Lothian Pension Fund
- Norfolk Pension Fund
- North East Scotland Pension Fund
- Strathclyde Pension Fund
- Surrey Pension Fund
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Best Member Initiative
- DMGT PensionSaver & Harmsworth Pension Scheme
- Iberdrola Group (UK) Stakeholder Pension Plan
- Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
- Thomson Reuters UK Retirement Plan

Best Financial Education Initiative
- Ford Motor Company DB Pension Plans
- Harmsworth Pension Scheme

Best DC Scheme Innovation
- Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
- Nationwide Group Personal Pension
- Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
- Thomson Reuters UK Retirement Plan

Best DB Scheme Innovation
- Bank of England Pension Fund
- Federated Pension Plan
- Lothian Pension Fund
- National LGPS Frameworks
- Royal Mail Pension Plan
- Weetabix Group Pension Scheme
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Best DC Investment Strategy
- DMGT PensionSaver Plan
- Tesco Retirement Savings Plan

Best DB Investment Strategy
- Lothian Pension Fund
- Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
- Railways Pension Scheme
- Royal Mail Pension Plan
- Santander UK Group Pension Scheme
- Strathclyde Pension Fund
- The Pensions Trust

Best Use of Alternatives
- Harmsworth Pension Scheme
- Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
- Merseyside Pension Fund
- Nationwide Building Society Pension Fund
- Santander UK Group Pension Scheme
- Strathclyde Pension Fund
- Tesco Pension Scheme

Best DC Communication Strategy
- Accenture Retirement Savings Plan
- IHG UK Defined Contribution Pension Plan
- Nationwide Group Personal Pension
- Schneider Electric DC Trust
- Telefónica UK Pension Plan
- Tesco Retirement Savings Plan

DB Communications (private sector)
- Ford Motor Company DB Pension Plans
- P&O Pension Scheme
- Railways Pension Scheme
- Royal Mail Pension Plan
- Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (SAUL)
- Tesco Pension Scheme
- TfL Pension Fund

DB Communications (public sector)
- Dyfed Pension Fund
- Environment Agency Pension Fund
- Greater Gwent (Torfaen) Pension Fund
- Lothian Pension Fund
- Norfolk Pension Fund
- Strathclyde Pension Fund
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Trustee Development Awards
- LGSS Pensions Service
- London Borough of Newham
- Tesco Pension Scheme
- West Midlands Pension Fund
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Best Use of IT and Technology
- Avon Pension Fund
- Ford Motor Company DB Pension Plans
- Greater Gwent (Torfaen) Pension Fund
- Iberdrola Group (UK) Stakeholder Pension Plan
- North East Scotland Pension Fund
- Telefónica UK Pension Plan
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Best Administration
- Lothian Pension Fund
- Nationwide Pension Fund and Nationwide Group Personal Pension
- Norfolk Pension Fund
- Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme/Royal Mail Pension Plan
- TfL Pension Fund
- The Pensions Trust
- The Uniq plc Pension Scheme (formerly the Unigate Group Pension Scheme)

Best Use of Risk Reduction Strategies
- AXA UK Group Pension Scheme
- ICI Pension Fund
- Kingfisher Pension Scheme
- Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
- Roche Pension Fund
- Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (SAUL)
- West Midlands Pension Fund