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DC hot topic – Moving DC funds without member consent

Introduction For a PDF version of this hot topic click here. Trustees sometimes need to move their DC funds without member consent, for example, when: one or more of a scheme’s current investment options are no longer available or...

DC briefing – July 2016

The DC briefing (PDF) highlights topical news on DC pensions from a legal viewpoint. In this briefing: Four key DC issues Spotlight: moving DC...

7 days

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days Automatic enrolment: amending...

PLSA DB taskforce: call for evidence – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The PLSA’s “DB Taskforce” opened a call for evidence on 9 June 2016, in relation to the challenges facing DB schemes and potential solutions. With DB schemes “swimming against the economic and social tide in order to...

British Steel Pension Scheme – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting on four options aimed at helping the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) as part of a wider package of Government support for British steel, steel workers and affected...

ICSA consultation: The practice of minuting meetings – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The Governance Institute is consulting on draft guidance on the practice of minuting meetings. Although not specifically aimed at pension scheme trustees, the guidance will be relevant to trustee boards which are established as...

7 days

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16...