access to improved self-service funtionalities
ipas will provide a more integrated system environment that streamlines processing and provides increased capacity to accommodate future growth in the number of participants, retirees and other beneficiaries. it will also strengthen the fund's internal control, risk management and reporting environment. among other benefits, the new system will also provide our clientss with enhanced self-service capabilities, which will be gradually deployed after the ipas go-live. in the meantime, please be assured that until the enhanced self-service becomes available, the features currently accessible through the fund's website will continue to be operational. all the existing functionality of the fund's current self-service will be available under the new self-service environment, in addition to new features that will be introduced gradually. once the enhanced self-service is available, this will be communicated through the fund's website, together with detailed instructions for access