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TPR has confirmed that from 2018, scheme returns in respect of DB and hybrid (mixed benefit) occupational pension schemes will require information in relation to the quality of the scheme’s data. We expect the same questions to be asked...
Introduction The DWP and HMT have issued the response to their joint consultation on a package of measures aimed at tackling three different areas of pension scams: cold calling, pension transfers, and the inappropriate use of single...
Background The DWP and HMT are jointly consulting on a package of measures aimed at tackling three different areas of pension scams: a ban on cold calling limiting pension scheme members’ statutory right to transfer making it a...
Background The DWP has issued a call for evidence on the way the “advice requirement” applies to members with safeguarded pension benefits who wish to transfer those benefits outside the UK. In this response General comments Scale of...
Introduction HMT and the DWP are jointly consulting on a package of measures aimed at tackling three different areas of pensions scams: a ban on cold calling limiting pension scheme members’ statutory right to transfer making it a...
Introduction The Pension Liberation Industry Group published a Code of Good Practice on Combating Pension Scams on 16 March 2015. The Code, which is aimed at trustees, administrators and providers, sets out the steps to be taken when...
Introduction The Pensions Ombudsman has published decisions in three cases which relate to the refusal by different pension providers to action members’ transfer requests. In each case, the providers had grounds for concern that the...
