On the go: ITV has been granted permission to appeal a court decision upholding the Pensions Regulator's ability to issue a financial support direction against the broadcaster in relation to the Box Clever scheme.
The Weekly Wrap: June 8 edition
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June 8, 2018
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week – from an investigation into the impact of IT blunders, to a demand for renminbi assets among institutional investors.
Recruitment agency admits illegally opting workers out of scheme
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June 7, 2018
On the go: Seven members of senior management at recruitment company Workchain have pleaded guilty to gaining unauthorised access to computer data in order to opt the agency’s temporary workers out of its pension scheme.
The Weekly Wrap: June 1 edition
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June 1, 2018
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week – from the civil service investigation into pension repayment requests, to a nude photo scandal in Oklahoma.
Titcomb to leave the Pensions Regulator
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May 31, 2018
On the go: Chief executive Lesley Titcomb will be leaving the Pensions Regulator at the end of her four-year contract in February 2019.
Should member-nominated trustees be elected or selected?
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May 30, 2018
Podcast: Under the Pensions Act 2004, at least one-third of a pension scheme’s trustees should be member-nominated. David Brooks, technical director at consultancy Broadstone, and Stephen Fallowell, former MNT at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund and committee member of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, debate the merits of electing trustees versus selection by panel.
TPR levies first fine on professional trustee
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May 25, 2018
On the go: The regulator has disclosed that it has imposed a £3,000 fine against a professional trustee for failing to update their scheme’s register with news of their appointment.
The Weekly Wrap: May 25 edition
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May 25, 2018
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week, from the latest asset manager to exclude tobacco investment, to demands for greater disclosure over sexual harassment.
Select committees question regulator’s ambition on DB
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May 22, 2018
On the go: The Pensions Regulator’s commitment to engaging proactively with poorly funded defined benefit schemes and their employers has been called into question by two parliamentary select committees, in a stinging letter that discusses the future of chief executive Lesley Titcomb.
Regulator comes out on top in Box Clever case
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May 18, 2018
On the go: The Pensions Regulator was right to seek to impose a financial support direction on ITV in relation to the Box Clever defined benefit pension scheme, according to a court judgement published on Friday.