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Your benefit statement shows you how much you already have saved in your pension account and, importantly, what you might have when you want to retire. It’s a really useful document to help you plan your future.

So you can make the most of your benefit statement, here’s a click through breakdown explaining what’s inside.

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The assumptions we used to calculate your benefit statement for 2024

The assumptions we used

These are the assumptions we’ve made to give you an idea of how much your pension account could be worth at the date you told us you plan to retire.

  1. Inflation is 2.5% per year. If you’re still working and paying into your account then we’ve assumed that pensionable salary will increase in line with retail price inflation, which is assumed to be 2.5% per year. This means that, in real terms, your earnings are assumed to remain at today’s level. It should be noted that, on average, earnings have in the past grown faster than prices in the longer term, although the difference varies significantly between members.
  2. If you’re not currently paying in to your account, we’ve assumed that no further contributions are paid to your account.

    Otherwise we’ve assumed that you keep paying contributions as a member of SEI until your target retirement date. In doing this, we’ve assumed that you continue to contribute at the percentage rate(s) currently in force. Where contributions are paid as a percentage of salary, and because salary is assumed to increase in line with inflation, this means we have assumed that contributions will increase on the same basis and therefore remain at today’s level in real terms.

    Any extra payments that you are making are assumed to be paid at a fixed rate and not a percentage of your salary. We have also assumed that the amount of extra payments you are paying will not increase in line with your earnings.
  3. SEI continues to be a registered pension scheme.
  4. Your benefits are not subject to an outstanding pension sharing order or earmarking/pension attachment order.
Investments

We’ve assumed that the money in your pension account will continue to be invested in the same funds (or Multi Asset Portfolio) you invest in now and in the same proportion until your target retirement date. Please bear in mind that the actual investment returns will depend on the types of funds you invest in and may be different from the assumptions used. The assumptions we’ve used this year have changed since your last statement and are shown in the table below.

Fund name Investment return (% per year) Total expense ratio
UK Direct Property Series 6 3.00% 0.89%
SSgA UK Index Linked Gilts Over 5 Years Index Fund 7.00% 0.10%
SSgA UK ESG Screened Index Equity Fund 5.00% 0.10%
SSgA UK Conventional Gilts Over 15 Years Index Fund 7.00% 0.10%
SSgA Sterling Non-Gilts Bond All Stocks ESG Screened Index Fund 3.00% 0.10%
SSgA Sterling Liquidity Fund 1.00% 0.10%
SSgA All World ESG Screened Fund 5.00% 0.10%
SEI US Large Companies Fund 5.00% 0.85%
SEI UK Equity Fund 7.00% 0.80%
SEI UK Core Fixed Interest Fund - self-select 3.00% 0.50%
SEI UK Core Fixed Interest Fund - lifestyle 3.00% 0.38%
SEI Small Cap Select Fund 7.00% 0.90%
SEI Pan European Small Cap Fund 7.00% 0.87%
SEI Moderate Fund - self-select 3.00% 0.38%
SEI Japan Equity Fund 5.00% 0.85%
SEI Growth Fund 5.00% 0.38%
SEI Global Select Equity Fund 7.00% 0.75%
SEI Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund 3.00% 0.55%
SEI Global Fixed Income Fund 1.00% 0.55%
SEI Factor Allocation Global Equity Fund - self-select 5.00% 0.22%
SEI Factor Allocation Global Equity Fund - Lifestyle 5.00% 0.38%
SEI European (ex UK) Equity Fund 7.00% 0.88%
SEI Emerging Markets Equity Fund 7.00% 1.10%
SEI Defensive Fund - self-select 1.00% 0.38%
SEI Core Fund - self-select 3.00% 0.38%
SEI Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Equity Fund 7.00% 1.00%
SEI Aggressive Fund 5.00% 0.38%
HSBC Islamic Global Equity Index Fund 5.00% 0.44%
Columbia Threadneedle Responsible UK Equity Fund 7.00% 0.76%
Columbia Threadneedle Pensions Property Fund 3.00% 0.75%
BlackRock Market Advantage Strategy Fund 5.00% 0.40%
Atlas World (ex UK) Equity Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.32%
Atlas US Equity Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.29%
Atlas UK Equity Index Tracker Fund S6 5.00% 0.29%
Atlas Sustainable Equity Fund S6 7.00% 0.49%
Atlas Shariah Compliant Fund S6 5.00% 0.55%
Atlas Passive Multi Asset Fund S6 3.00% 0.45%
Atlas Over 15 Years Gilts Index Tracker Fund S6 7.00% 0.29%
Atlas Multi Asset Portfolio 3 S6 3.00% 0.40%
Atlas Multi Asset Portfolio 2 S6 5.00% 0.40%
Atlas Multi Asset Portfolio 1 S6 5.00% 0.40%
Atlas Level Annuity Target Fund S6 5.00% 0.32%
Atlas Japan Equity Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.29%
Atlas Inflation-Linked Annuity Target Fund S6 5.00% 0.32%
Atlas Global Equity Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.30%
Atlas Flexible Access Retirement Fund S6 1.00% 0.53%
Atlas Flexible Pre-Retirement Fund S6 5.00% 0.33%
Atlas Euro Equity Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.29%
Atlas Ethical Fund S6 7.00% 0.94%
Atlas Emerging Markets Index Tracker Fund s6 5.00% 0.43%
Atlas Drawdown s6 3.00% 0.55%
Atlas Cash s6 1.00% 0.34%
Atlas Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Equity Index Tracker Fund S6 7.00% 0.29%
Atlas Corporate Bond Index Tracker Fund S6 3.00% 0.29%
Atlas Active Multi Asset Fund S6 3.00% 0.60%
Atlas Active Corporate Bond s6 3.00% 0.56%
Atlas Emerging Markets Equity Fund S6 5.00% 1.18%
Atlas Over 5 Years Index-Linked Gilts Index Tracker Fund 7.00% 0.29%
Calculating yearly retirement income

In working out the yearly income your personal account could get you, we have assumed:

  1. An annuity rate (cost of buying each £1 per year of pension) based on your individual target retirement date, sex and date of birth.
  2. The pension you buy doesn’t increase in payment.
  3. The pension will be payable monthly.
  4. The pension will be payable for the rest of your life, for a minimum of five years.
  5. The pension doesn’t pay a pension to anyone else when you die.
  6. That you don’t take any money from your pension account as tax-free cash when you take your benefits. If you decide to take tax-free cash, your annuity will be smaller.

For the purposes of any drawdown illustration provided, we have assumed:

  1. Inflation is 2.5%.
  2. An investment growth based on the funds you are currently invested in.
  3. That your drawdown income increases each year in line with inflation.

We have changed the way we calculate the amount you may receive as an annual pension since last year. You may see a significant difference when comparing this figure to the one shown in previous benefit statements because of these changes.

The previous illustration assumed:

  • The pension you bought would increase annually in line with increases in inflation (the Retail Prices Index), assumed to be 2.5% per year, whereas this year we’ve assumed the pension you buy doesn’t increase in payment.
  • 50% of the pension would continue to be paid to a person who is three years older than you (if you are a woman) or three years younger than you (if you are a man) on your death, whereas this year we’ve assumed the pension doesn’t pay a pension to anyone else when you die.

For the purposes of any drawdown illustration provided, last year we assumed:

  • An investment growth of the Atlas Multi Asset Portfolio 3 fund, whereas this year we’ve assumed as investment growth based on the funds you are currently invested in.

The amount of any pension payable under the Scheme for you will depend on considerations that may be different from any assumptions made by us. These include the actual performance of investments and the ultimate cost of securing an income (such as an annuity) at the time you take your benefits.

Important

The projected benefits shown in your benefit statement are for illustrative purposes only. They’re not a guarantee.

The Trustee has taken care to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in your benefit statement. However, the Trustee can only pay benefits in accordance with the rules of the Scheme. In the case of any discrepancy between the information in this benefit statement and the rules of the Scheme, the rules of the Scheme will determine your benefit entitlement.

The information provided in your benefit statement is not individual financial advice and should not be used as the only basis on which you take any decision regarding your future pension arrangements or any other financial commitment. The Trustee of SEI will always recommend that you seek independent financial advice when reviewing your pension arrangements or other financial commitments. Neither the Trustee, SEI, nor Capita can give you financial advice. Visit www.moneyhelper.org.uk for more details on where to find an independent financial adviser.

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