CPS - CRB Section - For Members Who Joined Before 01/01/2013
Members who joined the scheme before 01/01/2013 will have accrued final salary benefits for service through to 31/12/2012 and CRB benefits for service from 01/01/2013 onward. Members in this section of the scheme will have all of their pension administered by our office unless they have chosen to set up an additional defined contribution fund with SEI Capita.
The full scheme rules are available at: The CPS Scheme Rules and 2004 Scheme Changes
If you are looking for forms or reporting a death please see the CPS homepage.
On this page this you can find:
Overview
The following document offers an overview of the CRB section of the CPS and provides a good starting point for understanding your pension-
Detailed Guidance
The following factsheets cover specific areas of the CRB section of the CPS in more detail-
Factsheet 1 Eligibility
Factsheet 2 Retirement Benefits
Factsheet 3 Contributions
Factsheet 4 Salary Sacrifice
Factsheet 5 Topping up your Benefits
Factsheet 6 Early Retirement
Factsheet 7 Late Retirement
Factsheet 8 Pension Increases
Factsheet 9 Death Benefits
Factsheet 10 Leaving Service
Factsheet 11 Ill Health and Incapacity Retirement
Factsheet 12 Transfers
Factsheet 13 Divorce
Factsheet 14 State Pension Benefits
Factsheet 15 Disputes and Complaints
Factsheet 16 Flexible Retirement
Factsheet 17 Absence (including Maternity / Paternity, sabbatical and sickness leave)
SEI Master Trust
Members of the CRB section of the CPS do not automatically accrue a defined contribution fund but can commence one by paying AVCs or by completing a transfer in from an external pension scheme. The defined contribution fund is administered by the SEI Master Trust team.
Members can view and manage their SEI Master Trust pension online here.
Unless you have chosen otherwise the SEI Master Trust will invest your fund using the default investment strategy outlined in the following factsheet:
Below is a listing of the full range of investment funds that are available to members of the SEI Master Trust.
You can find out more about the funds, including the ability to view factsheets and performance, here.
Note: for new funds introduced in 2024, fund performance, including factsheet information will become available in Quarter 4 of 2025, following one year’s performance.
If you wish to make changes to the investment strategy for your SEI Master Trust fund you can use the link above to view and manage your SEI Master Trust pension online.
Funds
(* denotes where used in the default strategy)
(** denotes where is a brand new fund introduced from 2024)
SEI Risk Rated, Multi-Asset Funds
1. SEI Aggressive Fund
2. SEI Growth Fund
3. SEI Core Fund *
4. SEI Moderate Fund *
5. SEI Defensive Fund
SEI investment (Asset Class) Funds
6. SEI Factor Allocation Global Equity*
7. SEI MT Global Equity
8. SEI Small Cap Select
9. SEI Emerging Market Equity
10. SEI UK Equity
11. SEI MT Shariah Compliant
12. SEI MT Sustainable Equity**
13. SEI MT Global Impact Equity**
14. SEI MT Climate Transition Equity Index Tracker**
Regional Equity Funds
15. SEI MT UK Equity Index Tracker
16. SEI MT Europe (ex UK) Equity Index Tracker
17. SEI MT North American Equity Index Tracker
18. SEI MT Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Equity Index Tracker
19. SEI MT Japan Equity Index Tracker
Fixed Income
20. SEI UK Core Fixed Interest
21. SEI Global Fixed Income
22. SEI Global Opportunistic Fixed Income
23. SEI MT Conventional Gilts over 15 years
24. SEI MT UK Index Linked Gilts over 5 years
25. SEI MT UK Ethical Corporate Bond**
26. SEI MT Sterling Liquidity*
Alternatives
27. SEI MT Direct Property