With
Glyn Ryland,
Sarah Tate
If so, you should already be considering the implications of the Competition and Markets Authority's final report into the investment consultants market.
With
Ian Chapman-Curry,
Glyn Ryland
At 11pm on 29 March 2019, the UK will leave the European Union. For over 46 years, our economic and political landscape has been shaped by being part of the European project.
2019 promises plenty of developments that will keep trustees, employers and advisers busy.
HMRC has changed its policy on how affected pension schemes can satisfy the reporting obligation under Regulation 45 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017.
With
Glyn Ryland,
Suzannah White
In September, the Government published its response to the June consultation on "Clarifying and strengthening trustees' investment duties."
With
Sara Hughes,
Suzannah White
Trustees of pension schemes need to understand what protections are available to them if something goes wrong.
With
Christopher Stiles
Following on from last year's Green Paper ("Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes"), the Government has now published its White Paper entitled "Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes" which sets out its proposals for the future of the UK's defined benefit (DB) pension system.
With
Christopher Stiles,
Joanne Tibbott
From April 2018, it will be possible to bulk transfer pure defined contribution (DC) rights without member consent to an authorised master trust or to another DC ...
With
Ian Chapman-Curry
Many pension scheme trustees use third parties for professional advice and to help run their schemes.
With
Ian Chapman-Curry
On 25 May 2018, pension schemes will need to comply with tough new data protection legislation.
With
Christopher Stiles
Pension schemes merge for a number of reasons, usually to enjoy the benefits of economies of scale.
With
Sara Hughes,
Sarah Tate
Trustees of pension schemes often have to exercise discretionary powers to decide who should get what benefits. Often these focus on ill health and death benefit cases, emotive matters for members ...
With
Ian Chapman-Curry
What is on your agenda for the coming year? Whether it is compliance with the new data protection regime, grappling with the detail on CPI / RPI or thinking about the bigger picture ...
With
Kevin Gude
"Scheme administrators" of registered pension and group life schemes (usually the trustees) need to act now to ensure information held by HMRC is correct for the purposes of its new Pensions Online Digital Service ...
With
Christopher Stiles,
Joanne Tibbott
Automatic enrolment, ever-increasing governance requirements and the introduction of new benefit freedoms have all led employers to consider the future of their occupational DC pension schemes.
