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September 2024

Reflecting on this summer’s global IT outages – lessons for pension schemes

After the Capita Cyber Security incident of March/April 2023 (which we discussed at the time here) and, more recently, BBC cyber security incident of May 2024 (which we also discussed here), the pensions industry arguably did not need another reminder of the importance of cyber security for its schemes and stakeholders. However, the global IT outage that took place this summer (July 2024) has provided another such reminder – highlighting the heavy reliance of modern society on our digital infrastructure, and equally,...

February 2024

South Africa. GEPF warns of fake letters with respect to pension payments

By Staff Reporter   Scammers are trying to defraud government workers of their pension money via SMS by encouraging them to resign rather than retire, the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has warned. GEPF is the largest pension fund in Africa with more than 1.2 million active members and about 500 000 pensioners and beneficiaries. The fund is responsible for more than R2.3 trillion in assets under its management. GEPF said it was recently made aware of fraudulent letters being sent to its...