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09/12/2013: 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: Chancellor delivers the Autumn...

Public Sector Briefing

The Public Sector Briefing takes a look at current issues of interest in public sector pensions. In this Briefing: Update on LGPS The Fair Deal Governance of public service pension schemes Death or ill health benefits Misstatement Pensions...

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...