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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 EIOPA publishes Work Programme 2016 FCA...

Revoking and replacing the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2009 – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is consulting on proposals to revoke and replace the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2009, which currently govern the...

The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Background HMRC is consulting on draft regulations and an accompanying draft explanatory memorandum on changes to the information requirements for pension scheme administrators following the introduction of the pensions tapered annual...

Countdown to abolition of DB contracting-out: Tricky issues

Introduction As a consequence of the introduction of the new single-tier state pension, DB contracting-out will be abolished with effect from 6 April 2016 (“the Abolition Date”). In this Alert we set out some of the trickier issues...

Technical changes to automatic enrolment

Background The DWP is consulting on proposed technical changes which are designed to simplify the automatic enrolment process and to reduce burdens on employers. In this response General comments Limited Liability Partnerships Tax...

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 thresholds for...

Pension transfers and early exit charges: consultation response

Introduction On 10 February 2016, the Government published a response to its consultation on options to address possible barriers to people switching their pensions to access the new DC freedoms. For a PDF version of this Alert please...