Housing association Southern Housing Group has appointed Capita Hartshead to manage its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme, which has 527 members.

The five-year contract will include actuarial services, consultancy, pension scheme secretariat services, investment consulting, scheme administration, and pensioner payroll and fund accounting.

Alene Wilton, corporate services director at Southern Housing Group, said: “What appealed to us about Capita Hartshead’s approach is the coordinated service delivery.

“It also has a proven track record of working with pension schemes in the social housing sector."

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