All Regulation articles – Page 77
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News
Transfer industry: pot-follows-member transfers can cost just £1
Pension transfer systems have countered concerns raised by industry figures that implementing pot-follows-member could result in high costs, which may be passed onto members.
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News
PPF assesses out-of-cycle valuations for schemes affected by 'money purchase' definition
The Pension Protection Fund launched a consultation last week to assess the material change in risk to the lifeboat brought about by the changes to the definition of money purchase benefits, which will come into force later this year.
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Schemes face LDI rethink to meet Emir collateral demands
Industry experts have warned that schemes using liability-driven investment strategies may face higher costs and additional risks when the European Market Infrastructure Regulation’s collateral diversity requirements come into force.
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Features
Mastertrusts call for governance standards to be made mandatory
Two of the country's largest mastertrusts have called for a legal standard to raise the barriers to entry for providers, as the industry evaluates the Pensions Regulator's assurance framework.
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Opinion
The regulator’s anti-avoidance powers have not held corporate activity hostage
Gordons’ Matthew Ambler considers how the Pensions Regulator has wielded its anti-avoidance powers over the past decade, and what the impact has been on schemes and employers, in the latest Informed Comment.
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Opinion
NAPF: Top of the DB regulatory agenda
Talking head: The NAPF’s Helen Forrest runs through the most important regulatory changes facing defined benefit pension scheme decision-makers – including unintended consequences of the Budget’s retirement reforms.
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News
Scheme costs to ratchet up under IORP II revision
Trustees and schemes will face substantial administrative burden after the European Commission announced revisions to its incoming pension fund directive, including a requirement to continually evaluate environmental risk, which have been deemed “too prescriptive” by experts.
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News
The Cut – How today's IORP II revision affects your scheme
The European Commission has today proposed revisions to the IORP II directive which will introduce new governance requirements, encourage investment in long-term assets and require cross-border schemes to be fully funded.
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Opinion
Regulator: our call to AE action
Talking head: The Pensions Regulator’s Charles Counsell urges smaller employers not to leave their auto-enrolment obligations to the last minute, saying now is “no time for complacency”.
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News
Civil partner rule uncertainty poses questions for trustees
Schemes may want to consider holding off adjusting their spousal benefits, after a tribunal overturned a previous ruling that deemed entitlements should take into account membership pre-dating the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
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NewsDerivatives regulation leaves schemes liable for manager reporting
News analysis: Trustees could be found liable for their investment managers not reporting derivative trades under extended derivatives regulation, with legal experts recommending reviewing contracts to hard-code duties.
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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.
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Features
M&S sizes up auto-escalation to improve outcomes
Marks and Spencer is considering what auto-escalation could do to improve member outcomes as it looks to raise the quality of its provision following auto-enrolment.
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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.
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News
Report calls for greater transparency on costs
All costs extracted by default funds and schemes should be publicly disclosed via a central registry to promote transparency, the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School has urged.
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Opinion
How to get the right people to run your scheme
In this edition of Technical Comment, Jelf’s Mark Winstanley gives some pointers on getting the right mix of people and skills that is crucial to the smooth running of a pension scheme.
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Opinion
Three steps to reduce the cost of pension consolidation
L&G’s Adrian Boulding works through the steps that would make pensions consolidation cheap enough to be manageable for UK pension schemes, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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Opinion
Regulator: 'Balance' key to our DB approach in 2014
I was pleased the regulator was able to end 2013 with the positive news that more than 2m people have been automatically enrolled into workplace pensions by 3,670 employers.
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Opinion
Webb: It is vital we ensure value for money
2014 promises to be just as much of a watershed year for pensions as the last.
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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.