More Law & Regulation – Page 132
-
News
Essex mulls delaying SME rep election as reform hits
Essex Pension Fund is considering extending the tenure of its smaller-employer representative, allowing time for the government to provide more clarity on local government scheme governance changes.
-
News
NUJ to appeal ombudsman ruling over BBC pensionable pay cap
The National Union of Journalists will appeal the pensions ombudsman’s determination that the BBC’s pensionable pay cap did not breach its obligations, as more employers look to such tools to derisk schemes.
-
News
Ombudsman decision underscores record-keeping risk
Schemes have been urged to record benefit decisions after a determination by the pensions ombudsman found against trustees that had not properly documented a resolution to cease discretionary increases.
-
News
FCA review prompts calls for trivial commutation increase
Industry figures have called for an increase to the trivial commutation limit after a Financial Conduct Authority report found small-pot holders were more likely to get a bad annuity deal.
-
News
Regulator's DC self-assessment tool gets cautious welcome
Industry figures have welcomed the governance 'nudge' provided by the Pensions Regulator's self-assessment tools, but questioned whether schemes can hold themselves to account.
-
News
How the pension fraud action group will tackle scam increase
The Pension Liberation Industry Group will develop a code of practice on pension transfers to protect trustees, as liberation schemes find new ways of targeting members.
-
News
How to build the pension income builder
News analysis: Industry experts have been exploring how the government’s preferred risk-sharing scheme design could work in practice, whether through a not-for-profit, mutual or insurance provider set-up.
-
News
Schemes called upon to boost comms as tax deadline approaches
Schemes should communicate changes to the annual and lifetime allowance to both active and deferred members to ensure savers do not lose their fixed protection, industry experts have said.
-
News
Employers open to risk of reporting errors on contingent assets
News analysis: Employers have been told to approach the use of certain contingent asset funding deals with caution, after the Financial Reporting Council said solvency improvements could be cause for investigation.
-
News
Pensions regulatory gap 'unsatisfactory', DWP report says
News analysis: The regulatory gap between pensions and wider financial services needs addressing, a Department for Work and Pensions report has said, but ongoing reform is pushing the issue down the agenda.
-
News
Schemes told to offer annuity brokerage
News analysis: The shadow pensions minister has urged schemes to take a role in providing annuity brokering advice to ensure greater member purchasing power, but industry figures have raised concerns over how this could be implemented.
-
News
Bad data: how to diagnose and fix missing records
Schemes managers and trustees are given a step-by-step guide to making their data regulator-proof by Broadstone’s John Newman, in the latest edition of Technical View.
-
News
Managers brace for legal tasks and precedents
2014 preview: The next 12 months should provide extra case law that affects the scheme-employer relationship, further auto-enrolment challenges and preparations for the abolition of contracting-out for defined benefit schemes.
-
News
How the DB code of practice may affect your scheme
News analysis: Schemes should take a more integrated approach to investment, funding and covenant in their risk management, according to the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its defined benefit code of practice.
-
NewsAutumn Statement 2013: How it affects your scheme
Today’s Autumn Statement left schemes mulling state pension rises, a boost to exchange traded fund investment and an option to allow scheme members to top up their additional state pension.
-
News
Micro scheme membership slumps as market consolidates
Data analysis: The total membership of small schemes with between two and 11 members has fallen by two-thirds over recent years as the market consolidates and auto-enrolment beds in.
-
News
How Norfolk judges investment fee value
Norfolk Pension Fund underwent third-party benchmarking of its investment management fees earlier this year to ensure value, but has warned against a focus purely on cost over quality.
-
News
How to protect your scheme from liberation scams
Trustees are being warned to prepare robust exit contracts to prevent members claiming future benefits if a pension transfer is deemed a scam.
-
News
How the DC code will affect your scheme
The Pensions Regulator will make its defined contribution code of practice easier for scheme managers to understand after feedback that the line between pensions law and best practice was not clear enough.
-
News
Managing your money purchase legislative risk
News analysis: Managers of pension schemes that have hybrid elements such as additional voluntary contributions have been urged to investigate the impact of a legislative change that could increase their costs.