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BAES Education

Catch up with recordings of educational webinars that have taken place throughout this year:

DC Pensions Made Simple
An introduction to the Mercer Master Trust and DC Pensions

How to use Destination Retirement
Learn how to use Destination Retirement, to produce your free retirement lifestyle report

Mastering Mercer Money
Learn how to get the most out of your Mercer Money app for your DC pension scheme within the Mercer Master Trust.

For employees in Digital Intelligence whose Pension was a Group Personal Pension plan with Aviva and moved to Mercer on 1st June 2025, please visit your dedicated infosite using the link below (employed in legacy Applied Intelligence prior to 30th April 2024):

https://www.scottishwidows.co.uk/save/baesdi

Get to know your pension

Get to know your pension

Sign up for education sessions to find out more about your pension and the support available. 

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Mercer retirement services

Mercer retirement services

To cater for the widest possible range of needs, preferences and budgets, we offer a selection of ways to help you make your choices at retirement, including support services, online retirement planning and financial advice and in-person financial advice.

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Welcome to your workplace pension

Our bitesize films will explain more about the Mercer Master Trust, provide an introduction to investments and take a look at Mercer Money.

Hear what your workplace pension offers you and how this could help you save for the future.

 

Combining pension pots

Combining pension pots

Requesting a pension transfer

For details of how to transfer pension savings from elsewhere into the Mercer Master Trust, please contact Scottish Widows. When you ask us to start a transfer, we'll contact the provider of the pension you want to transfer on your behalf.

 

How we manage your details

During this process, we'll ask you to provide some personal details. You can read about how the Mercer Master Trust Trustees manage your personal information in their Fair Processing Notice (PDF, 183KB).

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Retirement calculator

Our retirement calculator can help you find out what your income and lifestyle could be in retirement.

Having to hand the value of any pensions, savings and investments you have will help you get the most out of the calculator.

Pension funds

Pension funds

You can find full details of investment fund choices in the Mercer Master Trust TDF investment guide (PDF, 4MB).

You can find more information on the charges relating to your fund choices in Your investment choices and charges (PDF, 600KB). The fund charges shown in this document do not include policy or transaction charges. 

Funds and investing

Funds and investing

Click on the links below for information on your investment choices.

Fund factsheets

Find out more about funds and investing


Your key documents library 

  • Investing for the long term This document helps you understand the importance of remembering saving for retirement is a long-term investment, even with market ups and downs. 
    Introduction to investing (PDF, 3MB) This booklet explains the different types of investment choices available to you and how they work.
    Your investment choices and charges (PDF, 600KB) This leaflet lists the investment fund choices that are available to you and the total annual fund charge for each fund.
    Mercer Master Trust TDF investment guide (PDF, 4MB) This provides a guide to your TDF Mercer Master Trust investment choices. 
    Statement of investment principles (PDF, 400KB) This is the Mercer Master Trust Trustees' Statement of Investment Principles.

    Illustrative Examples (PDF, 400KB)

    A breakdown of transaction costs and charges for the funds available within the scheme.

    Implementation statement (PDF, 1MB)

    This sets out how, and to what extent the Trustees' Statement of Investment Principles was followed during the previous Scheme year.

    Costs and Charges Information This contains information relating to the costs and charges applicable to the scheme in the form of the Chair’s Statement, illustrative examples and transaction costs data. Please note that this information will be published once available.

    We may have provided links to documents and other information supplied by third parties (including your employer or scheme trustees, and their advisers), who are solely responsible for their content and accuracy. All statements, views and opinions contained in these documents and other information are those of the third parties, not Scottish Widows.

  • Helping You Prepare for Your Retirement (PDF, 1MB)

    This guide gives details of the options available to you when you want to start taking your retirement savings.

    MoneyHelper guide - Your pension: your choices (PDF, 1MB) This guide, from the independent MoneyHelper service, is also designed to give details on the options available to you when you start to think about taking your retirement savings.
    Things to Think About at Retirement (PDF, 100KB) This leaflet provides information on the things to consider prior to taking your pension.
    Your guide to flexible income (PDF, 2MB) This guide explains the ways in which you can access your pension using the flexible income option.
    Flexible income fund range (PDF, 100KB) This guide is designed to give you an understanding of the funds you can invest in if you wish to take a flexible income.

    We may have provided links to documents and other information supplied by third parties (including your employer or scheme trustees, and their advisers), who are solely responsible for their content and accuracy. All statements, views and opinions contained in these documents and other information are those of the third parties, not Scottish Widows.

  • Internal dispute resolution process (PDF, 100KB) Information that sets out the formal procedure if you have a complaint.
    Internal dispute resolution procedure first stage application form (PDF, 100KB) First stage application form for those wishing to make a complaint.
    Fair processing notice (PDF, 500KB)

    This notice provides information on how the Trustees use your data.

    The Chair’s annual governance statement (PDF, 3MB) This statement describes how the Trustees seek to ensure that the Mercer Master Trust is well-managed and delivers excellent services to members.
    Transfer guide (PDF, 5MB) This describes potential benefits of transferring retirement savings from elsewhere into your Mercer Master Trust account. 
    Trustees' annual update (PDF, 400KB) This contains highlights from the Chair's Statement and other news and information about the Mercer Master Trust in the previous Scheme year.
    Transaction Costs (PDF, 200KB) A breakdown of transaction costs and charges for the funds available within the scheme.

    We may have provided links to documents and other information supplied by third parties (including your employer or scheme trustees, and their advisers), who are solely responsible for their content and accuracy. All statements, views and opinions contained in these documents and other information are those of the third parties, not Scottish Widows.

Member guide (PDF, 1MB)

This guide should answer most of the questions you might have about your plan.

Pension tax (PDF, 3MB) This guide gives information on how your plan is affected by current tax legislation.
Boost Your Future (PDF, 300KB) This leaflet provides information on how you can increase your pension contributions.

BAE Systems Welcome FAQs (PDF, 400KB)

Frequently asked questions at scheme launch.

Direct Additional Voluntary Contribution payment form (PDF, 600KB)

This form supports you paying a direct additional voluntary contribution payment into your Mercer Master Trust retirement account.

We may have provided links to documents and other information supplied by third parties (including your employer or scheme trustees, and their advisers), who are solely responsible for their content and accuracy. All statements, views and opinions contained in these documents and other information are those of the third parties, not Scottish Widows.

Women In Retirement Report

Women In Retirement Report

Our latest Women and Retirement report dives deeper into some of the reasons behind the gender pension gap, showing that deep-seated structural inequalities remain on pay and employment.

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