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Introduction Following the publication of a “Call to Action” back in July, the cross industry GMP Equalisation Working Group (“the Group”) has published guidance (“the Guidance”) outlining methods that schemes could use to...
Introduction On 29 July 2019, the DWP issued a consultation on draft regulations (“the Consultation” and “the Regulations” respectively) imposing new obligations on trustees in relation to the fiduciary management and investment...
Introduction The Shareholders Rights Directive (“SRDII”) had to be transposed into UK law by 10 June 2019. On 6 June 2019, the Government published the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment and Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations...
Introduction 25 May 2018 was the dawn of a new era in the protection of personal data, with the GDPR building on and extending existing data protection provisions to create a regime “fit for the digital age”. As the ICO said at the...
Introduction Just in time for Easter, the Government has published its long awaited guidance on using the GMP conversion legislation to help crack the GMP equalisation conundrum. The culmination of work carried out by the DWP’s industry...
Introduction The DWP published its response to consultation on “Delivering collective defined contribution schemes” on 18 March 2019. This gives the green light for a particular model of trust-based, collective defined contribution...
Introduction Whilst all was quiet on yesterday’s spring statement front, and uncertainty remains on what will become of Brexit by the end of March, April as usual heralds a number of changes for pensions. Click here for a PDF of this...
Introduction Picking up the baton from last year’s DB White Paper, TPR’s annual funding statement (published on 5 March 2019, and running to 22 pages) includes a specific focus on long-term funding targets. The summary of key messages...
Introduction On 11 February 2019, the Government published a response to its consultation on bolstering TPR’s powers which it believes will help TPR “to meet [its] ambition to be ‘clearer, quicker, and tougher’”. Click here for a...
