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Finance & investment briefing – December 2015

The Finance & investment briefing – December 2015 takes a look at  current issues of interest to pension scheme investors In this briefing: five things to know about medically underwritten buy-ins focus on DC platforms: asset...

Public sector briefing – December 2015

The Public Sector briefing December 2015 highlights the latest developments in public sector pensions In this briefing: LGPS: Investment reform criteria and guidance New LGPS Investment Regulations MiFID reforms: Impact on LGPS...

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 Autumn Statement 2015 Occupational...

Banning member-borne commission in occupational pension schemes

Background The DWP is consulting on the best way of regulating a ban on member-borne commission payments in relevant occupational pension schemes that provide money purchase benefits and which are being used as qualifying schemes for...

TPR consults on revised DC Code of Practice

Introduction On 24 November 2015, TPR issued a consultation on a revised Code of Practice on the governance and administration of occupational DC trust based schemes (“the Draft Code”). The purpose of the Draft Code is to “set out...

Pensions & investment litigation briefing – December 2015

The Pensions & Investment Litigation Briefing discusses “Lessons from the Ombudsman” In this briefing: The Ombudsman’s caseload Transfers: what is a reasonable timeframe? Misquotes: relying on an incorrect benefit...

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 Finance (No 2) Act 2015 published DWP...