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Master Trust Supervision and Enforcement Policy

Background TPR is consulting on its draft master trust supervision and enforcement policy, which sets out its approach to regulating master trust pension schemes. In this response General comments Supervision Enforcement General comments...

Quarterly briefing – September 2018

Contents The Sackers Quarterly Briefing Q3 2018 highlights significant developments in pensions, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developments, new legislation and cases. Current legal agenda DB schemes Reform of...

Pensions & investment litigation briefing – September 2018

The Pensions & Investment Litigation Briefing (PDF) reviews recent case law and examines the practical lessons for trustees and employers. In this briefing: TPO’s caseload Clearer, quicker, tougher: TPR’s mantra matters...

Finance & investment briefing – September 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – September 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: CMA market investigation into investment consultancy DWP proposed trustee duties on...

DC briefing – August 2018

The DC briefing (PDF) highlights topical news on DC pensions from a legal viewpoint. In this briefing: Latest news Investment changes on the horizon Getting transaction costs information Keep on top of your TKU Auto-enrolment – mandatory...

DC hot topic: Member Communications – keep it legal!

Giving your lawyers a seat at the table when a communications strategy is being devised can save both time and costs. Not only can lawyers often spot potential pitfalls before they arise, but they have lots of valuable experience that...

Protecting DB pension schemes – A Stronger Pensions Regulator

Introduction On 26 June 2018, the DWP published the first of the consultations promised by this year’s White Paper (see our Alert), “Protecting [DB] pension schemes – a stronger Pensions Regulator”. Click here for a PDF of this...

Consultation on clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties

Introduction On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the Investment Regulations”) which are aimed at “clarifying and...