services corporation aps industry pension administration founded 1995 headquarters edmonton alberta canada number of employees 230 website www.apsc.ca alberta pensions services corporation or aps is a pension administration entity located in edmonton alberta canada . on behalf of the government of alberta aps administers seven statutory public sector pension plans and two supplementary retirement plans . 1 contents 1 history 2 governance 3 pension administration 4 the plans 5 references 6 external links history edit the public service pension administration was originally a division within the alberta treasury department now alberta finance . in 1995 alberta pensions administration corporation apa was incorporated under alberta s business corporations act 2 with the government of alberta as the sole shareholder . 3 in 2009 alberta pensions administration corporation changed its name to alberta pensions services corporation . 4 governance edit the government of alberta is the sole shareholder of alberta pensions services corporation . aps has a board of directors composed of 10 members the chair one director nominated by each of the local authorities pension plan lapp public service pension plan pspp management employees pension plan mepp and special forces pension plan sfpp boards ; a representative of the shareholder ; and four independent directors who are not employed by the government of alberta . 5 pension administration edit aps currently provides pension administration services to over 500 participating employers across alberta and pension related services to more than 320 000 members and pensioners . 6 these services include contributions and records maintenance member pensioner and employer communications benefit calculations benefit disbursements plan board support including legal services except for the lapp board which is supported by lapp corp. policy development and implementation communications design and delivery compliance regulatory and plan financial reporting the plans edit aps administers the following plans on behalf of its sole shareholder the alberta minister of finance public service pension plan pspp established in 1947 this plan is for employees of the alberta government and other public service organizations . 7 local authorities pension plan lapp this plan was established in 1962 for employees of local authorities in alberta including cities towns villages municipal districts hospitals colleges school boards and many other public service organizations . lapp is the largest public sector pension plan in the province . 8 management employees pension plan mepp the foundations of this plan were established in 1972 . then known as the public service management pension plan for management employees of the alberta government and other public sector organizations . in 1994 the plan changed and was renamed mepp . 9 special forces pension plan sfpp established in 1979 for police officers police chiefs and deputy chiefs employed by local authorities in alberta . 10 provincial judges and masters in chambers pension plan registered and supplementary retirement plan for provincial judges and masters in chambers unregistered ; collectively known as the judges pension plan the registered part of the plan provides benefits up to the maximum allowed for registered pension plans under federal tax rules . the unregistered part of the plan provides benefits in excess of those limits . established in 2001 with provisions retroactive to april 1 1998 the judges pension plan replaced the provincial judges and masters in chambers pension plan established september 1 1988 . prior to that judges and masters in chambers contributed to the public service management pension plan . 11 supplementary retirement plan for public service managers 12 established on july 1 1999 this plan provides additional pension benefits to public service managers of designated employers who participate in the management employees pension plan mepp and whose annual salary exceeds the yearly maximum pensionable earnings limit under canada s income tax act . 13 public service management closed membership pension plan closed plan established in 1972 for management employees of the government of alberta and approved agencies boards and commissions . in 1993 new legislation divided the plan into the public service management pension plan closed plan and the management employees pension plan mepp . members who left the plan or retired before august 1 1992 as well as those who had 35 years of pensionable service by august 1 1992 became members of the closed plan . funding for the closed plan is the responsibility of the government of alberta . active members as of august 1 1992 became members of mepp . 14 members of the legislative assembly pension plan active participation in this plan ended in 1989 and the plan was closed . 15 references edit about us section alberta pensions services corporation corporate website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help business corporations act alberta s queen s printer website . may 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help agencies accountable to the alberta minister of finance government of alberta website . august 2011 . archived from the original on 28 july 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help frequently asked questions section alberta pensions services corporation corporate website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help board of directors section alberta pensions services corporation corporate website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help 2013 aps annual report alberta pensions services corporation corporate website pdf . may 2014 . retrieved june 2014 . check date values in access date help public service pension plan website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help local authorities pension plan website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help about mepp section management employees pension plan website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help special forces pension plan website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help judges member handbook pdf . december 2003 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help about srp section alberta pensions services corporation website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help department of justice canada website . june 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help closed plan section alberta pensions services corporation website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help members of the legislative assembly pension plan section alberta pensions services corporation corporate website . august 2011 . retrieved august 2011 . check date values in access date help external links edit official website pspp website lapp website mepp website sfpp website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alberta pensions services corporation & oldid 739318025 categories companies established in 1995companies based in edmontonpublic pension funds in canadacrown corporations of albertanon profit corporations1995 establishments in albertahidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 00 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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