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2014/15 Pension Protection Levy Consultation: Sackers’ response

Background The PPF published its consultation on the 2014/15 Pension Protection Levy Determination on 5 September 2013.  The PPF’s intention is that the levy parameters are unchanged for 2014/15, meaning the total levy will be £695...

Pension liberation: Latest news

Introduction Pension liberation continues to be a major focus for pension scheme trustees faced with transfer requests from members wishing to move their assets from their current workplace pension scheme to another arrangement. The...

21/10/2013: 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 moving forward with pension...

Master trust draft assurance framework published

Introduction TPR and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) have issued a consultation on a draft independent assurance framework for master trusts. In this Alert: Key points Background Master trusts...

Technical changes to automatic enrolment

Introduction The DWP has published details of certain “Technical Changes to Automatic Enrolment”, to be made following a consultation earlier in 2013 (please see ourAlert dated 28 March 2013). In this Alert: Key points ...

14/10/2013: 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 Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous...

Investment Briefing

Sackers’ Finance and Investment Group takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this Briefing: Update on EMIR Financial Transaction Tax Longevity risk transfer markets FATCA NAPF: UK Pension Investment...