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DWP’s recent consultation on proposals to amend the transfer regulations has been eagerly anticipated within the pensions industry. It is no secret that the current regulations are overly restrictive in places and do not necessarily...
Background On 9 June 2026, the DWP published a consultation on proposals to amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Conditions for Transfers) Regulations 2021 (the “Regulations”). In this response Responses to specific...
Introduction Setting out “targeted measures to address the risk of fraud”, on 9 June 2026 the DWP published a consultation on proposals to amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Conditions for Transfers) Regulations 2021...
Introduction On 17 January 2022, the DWP published its response to the July 2021 consultation, together with final regulations, on proposals to implement a “Stronger Nudge” to pensions guidance. Click here for a PDF of this Alert. In...
New regulations (with accompanying regulatory guidance from TPR) came into force on 30 November introducing significant changes to the statutory transfer regime, to empower trustees to halt suspicious transfers. Whilst administration is...
New regulations came into force on 30 November introducing significant changes to the statutory transfer regime. Whilst administration is clearly important to the transfer process, this isn’t just an admin issue and trustees will need to...
Introduction On 8 November 2021, regulations designed to protect savers against pension scams were laid before Parliament, alongside new TPR guidance to help guide trustees, pension managers and administrators through the new requirements....
Introduction Over two years on from its original decision, on 20 November 2020, the High Court handed down its judgment in the latest instalment of the Lloyds saga. It addresses the impact of the need to equalise for the effect of GMPs on...
