Broadstone’s technical director David Brooks details how trustees must help scheme members to avoid bad transfer decisions as the regulator takes a ‘Green Cross Code’ approach.

Broadstone’s technical director, David Brooks, details how the new transfer rules that came into force in November are expected to make a positive change in the fight against pension scams.

As the health of UK defined benefit schemes improves, is the Pension Protection Fund still needed to solve a DB crisis, asks Broadstone’s technical director David Brooks.

Broadstone technical director David Brooks analyses the pension announcements made by chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget, and questions what is the purpose of the lifetime allowance. 

A whistle-stop roundup of pensions at the political parties' annual conferences and a recommendation to stick with the power of inertia for the self-employed, courtesy of Broadstone's David Brooks.

Employers and trustees must work together to create a fairer future for tomorrow's pensioners, says Broadstone's David Brook

From the blog: Battle lines are being drawn and two sides are developing on how past pension promises should be managed.

The argument is that we exist in a period of crisis within the defined benefit universe, which is a significant drag on UK plc.

Many schemes have the retail price index hardcoded into their rules, although RPI is now a junk statistic that, one gets the sense, is being produced under duress by the Office for National Statistics.

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