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Quarterly Briefing

Contents The December 2013 Quarterly Briefing (PDF, 639KB) highlights significant developments in pensions law, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developments, new legislation and cases. Current Legal Agenda Defined...

Autumn Statement 2013

Introduction Pensions are once again headline news, as the Chancellor announced in theAutumn Statement on 5 December 2013 measures that will see faster increases in SPA. But aside from a number of changes to the state pension, the...

Funding Defined Benefits

Introduction TPR published its promised consultation on DB scheme funding on 2 December 2013, setting out the principles for DB funding and how TPR plans to regulate it. A new code of practice and other documents look forward to the new...

Charges: response to consultation

Background The DWP’s consultation paper, Better workplace pensions: a consultation on charging asks for views on whether a cap on charges in default funds should be introduced. The consultation sets out three options for a cap. Option...

02/12/2013: 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: Government outlines how parents can use...

25/11/2013: 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 Occupational Pensions (Revaluation)...

TPR publishes new guidance on asset-backed contributions

Introduction On 19 November 2013, TPR published new guidance on asset-backed contributions (ABCs).  These are also commonly referred to as asset-backed funding (or special purpose vehicle) structures and pension funding partnerships...