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Spare a thought for your pension administrators

Administering occupational pension schemes is a tough gig. The past few months have seen a steady stream of new legislation which has meant administrators have had to make significant changes to their processes, systems and documentation...

Sackers checklist – GMP equalisation: The conversion process – the questions trustees need to ask – April 2022

Back in 2018, Mr Justice Morgan held in Lloyds No.1 that schemes are under a duty to equalise for the effect of GMPs. Two years later, with Mr Justice Morgan once again at the helm, the High Court concluded in Lloyds No.3 that, in certain...

HMRC publishes GMP equalisation guidance on historical transfers and conversion

Introduction On 6 April 2022, HMRC released further guidance on some of the pensions tax issues associated with equalising benefits for the effect of GMPs. The guidance focuses specifically on tax issues arising in respect of correcting...

Sackers checklist – GMP equalisation: Correcting the past – the questions trustees need to ask

Back in 2018, Mr Justice Morgan held in Lloyds No.1 that schemes are under a duty to equalise for the effect of GMPs. More recently, with Mr Justice Morgan once again at the helm, the High Court concluded in Lloyds No.3 that, in certain...

PASA issues anti-franking guidance

Introduction Following requests from the industry to expand upon the section included in its methodology guidance, on 29 September 2021 PASA issued supplemental guidance on allowing for anti-franking when achieving GMP equality (“the...