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Strengthening the administration regime for insurers: Sackers’ response

Background The Government’s consultation on the proposals and draft regulations relating to the strengthening of the administration regime for insurers which were published by HMT on 25 March 2010, are aimed at improving the protection...

Employer covenant – first set of guidance issued

In this Alert: Key points What is the employer covenant? Whose covenant should the trustees assess? Assessing the employer covenant? Monitoring Contingent Assets Key points TPR has produced draft guidance1 for trustees on how to monitor...

Employer Covenant on TPR’s radar

Introduction Back in June 2009, TPR issued a statement on scheme funding and employer covenant (the sponsoring employer’s legal obligations to its DB scheme and its ability to meet them). Since then, TPR has received requests for...

Employer Debt – Seven steps to heaven?

Introduction When a company exits an underfunded multi-employer DB scheme, its share of any deficit generally becomes a debt due to the trustees (the employer debt). In a consultation published in September 2009,1 the Government proposed...

Public Sector News

Introduction Sackers’ Public Sector Unit has wide experience of working with organisations on the complex legal and compliance issues that face public sector schemes and broadly comparable “passport” schemes. In this newsletter...

GMP Conversion: Sackers’ response to consultation

Background We are writing in response to the consultation on the draft The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out)(Amendment) Regulations 2009 published on 2 September 2008. In this response: DC Schemes with GMP Underpin Transfers...