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: The National Employment Savings Trust...
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Introduction HMRC has published draft legislation and explanatory notes on pension flexibility and annuities for a technical consultation. The new provisions are designed to ensure that payments of annuities to beneficiaries can be made...
Introduction On 12 February 2015, TPR published a consultation on guidance for trustees of DB schemes on member requests for transfers from DB to DC schemes. In this Alert Key points Background General issues for trustees Draft guidance...
Introduction On 4 February 2015, the FCA confirmed the final rules requiring firms that operate workplace personal pension schemes to set up and maintain independent governance committees (IGCs). In this Alert: Key points Background Who is...
Introduction On 4 February 2015, the government published the response to its October 2014 Command Paper regarding governance and charges in occupational pension schemes providing DC benefits (see our earlier Alert). The final...
