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Introduction On 11 February 2019, the Government published a response to its consultation on bolstering TPR’s powers which it believes will help TPR “to meet [its] ambition to be ‘clearer, quicker, and tougher’”. Click here for a...
Introduction On 12 December 2018, the PPF published its final levy rules for the 2019/20 levy year. Click here for a PDF of this Alert. In this Alert Key points Commercial consolidators GMP equalisation and insolvency risk scores...
On 7 December 2018, the DWP published its latest consultation promised by this year’s White Paper (see our Alert), setting out its proposals for a new legislative framework for authorising and regulating DB “superfund” consolidation...
Introduction The High Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Ltd v Lloyds Bank plc and others on 26 October 2018, concluding that benefits do need to be equalised for the effect of GMPs....
Introduction The PPF has published a consultation and draft levy rules which set out the basis on which it intends to charge the pension protection levy for the 2019/20 levy year. Click here for a PDF of this Alert. In this Alert Key...
This is a consolidated version of the responses submitted to the DWP using its online survey Background The DWP is seeking views on the first of the consultations promised by this year’s DB White Paper – Protecting defined benefit...
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...
