All Regulation articles – Page 29
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NewsPPF could receive DWP loan for Fraud Compensation Fund
On the go: A bill has been introduced to parliament that will enable the Pension Protection Fund to receive a loan from the Department for Work and Pensions in order to make fraud compensation payments.
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NewsDWP DC single charging structure to bring headaches for master trusts
The Department for Work and Pensions is considering introducing a universal charging structure for the default funds in defined contribution schemes. The move was welcomed for the clarity it might give to DC savers, but experts have warned of the problems it would cause master trusts like Nest.
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NewsSPP, PMI criticise rushed code of practice consultation
The Society of Pension Professionals and the Pensions Management Institute have both criticised the timeframe of the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its combined code of practice, raising the prospect of its flawed and costly implementation.
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NewsEmployer data struggles hamper McCloud administration
On the go: Gaps in employer records are far and away the biggest data challenge for administrators looking to tackle problems like McCloud, according to a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association poll.
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NewsMcCloud funding impact ‘minimal’ but MHCLG needs to step up
On the go: The funding impact of the deferred choice underpin on the Local Government Pension Scheme is expected to be minimal, but the government needs to provide much more information to put minds at ease, according to speakers at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Local Authority Conference.
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NewsScams, dashboards, superfunds feature in TPR’s three-year plan
The Pensions Regulator has published its latest three-year plan, an agenda encompassing everything from pensions security, tackling scams, dashboards, superfunds, and coping with the changing nature of defined contribution pension provision.
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NewsNew code of practice makes life ‘harder’ for LGPS funds
On the go: The Pensions Regulator’s new combined code of practice risks making life “harder" for Local Government Pension Scheme funds, and more needs to be done to accommodate their specific needs.
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NewsRegulators ask industry for help on improving pension saving
On the go: The Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator have teamed up to investigate how people make decisions about their pensions at key points throughout their working lives, in order to better support savers through future regulation.
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NewsPPI launches UK pensions framework
On the go: The Pensions Policy Institute is launching a UK pensions framework, since “work and retirement landscapes are undergoing significant change around the world”.
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NewsPLSA calls for new legislation to support members at retirement
On the go: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has called on the government to introduce legislation underpinning a new set of product, communication and governance standards to build on pension freedoms and provide greater support for savers at retirement.
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NewsDC schemes to send two-page ‘simpler statements’ in 2022
The Department for Work and Pensions is consulting on regulations that would see schemes required to send simpler annual benefit statements to their members from April next year.
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OpinionNow is the time for schemes to turn attention to social risk factors
The pandemic has turned the attention of many, including pension funds, to social factors, but there are more challenging issues for trustees to address, writes Lauren Wilkinson, senior policy researcher at the Pensions Policy Institute.
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NewsGovt’s new anti-scam measures cause industry concern
Industry reaction to the government’s new consultation on pension scams and transfers have been far from unanimous, with many welcoming the intention but warning of the potential for thousands of legitimate transfers to be needlessly blocked and delayed.
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NewsMPs urged to tweak 25% tax-free cash rules
On the go: Pensions consultancy LCP has proposed new rules that would allow pension savers to access tax-free cash at a normal minimum pension age while leaving the remaining balance behind.
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OpinionDriving the ESG agenda through fixed income
BlueBay Asset Management chief investment officer Mark Dowding details how pension schemes can drive the environmental, social and governance agenda through their investments in the bond market.
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PodcastsPodcast: Pension schemes’ under-allocation to China is ‘anachronistic’
Podcast: UK pension schemes are too often under-allocated to China and missing out on the significant opportunities presented by its continued growth and development. There are, however, lingering environmental, social and governance concerns around investing in the “nominally communist” state, says RisCura investment consultant Lars Hagenbuch. He is joined by SEI Investments director Cyprian Njamma in an episode also covering Covid-19 mortality data and the Pensions Regulator’s proposed asset information reform.
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NewsCould FSCS cope with a major bulk annuity provider default?
As sponsors offload their pension schemes to insurers, industry experts fear that an ever-increasing concentration of assets with a small group of players could lead to compensation schemes being overwhelmed in a major downturn.
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NewsGovt announces public service pension bill to implement McCloud
On the go: The government has announced a new bill intended to push ahead with the implementation of the McCloud remedy.
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NewsFRC slaps DB scheme auditor with £125,000 fine
A chartered accountancy firm and one of its partners have been slapped with a hefty fine for “pervasive failures” in the manner in which they conducted an audit of Associated British Engineering, which included shortcomings in the audit of the company’s defined benefit pensions scheme liabilities.
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NewsPolice slate ‘deeply unfair’ ramifications of McCloud remedy
Police officers from every federated rank in the UK have written to the chairs of the Police Pension Scheme advisory boards to complain about the “deeply unfair” ramifications of the government’s McCloud remedy.