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DC hot topic: Transferring to a DC master trust – key issues

With the increased focus on governance of DC benefits it can be expensive and time consuming to meet all the regulatory expectations in an employer’s own occupa...

DC hot topic: Master trust authorisation

The law relating to master trust authorisation comes into full effect from 1 October 2018.  All DC master trusts must apply for authorisation by 1 April 2019, o...

Government response: clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties

Introduction On 11 September 2018, the DWP published a response to the consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005...

Auto-enrolment – minimum contribution increases from 6 April 2019

Introduction For DC pension schemes being used to meet an employer’s automatic enrolment requirements, both minimum employer and overall contribution rates are...

Pension trustees: clarifying and strengthening investment duties

Background On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the In...

Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes – A Stronger Pensions Regulator

This is a consolidated version of the responses submitted to the DWP using its online survey Background The DWP is seeking views on the first of the consultatio...

Master Trust Supervision and Enforcement Policy

Background TPR is consulting on its draft master trust supervision and enforcement policy, which sets out its approach to regulating master trust pension scheme...

Quarterly briefing – September 2018

Contents The Sackers Quarterly Briefing Q3 2018 highlights significant developments in pensions, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developm...

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