All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles
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NewsAnnual Funding Statement: Covenant assessment clarity welcomed
In its Annual Funding Statement, the regulator clarified aspects of covenant assessments to help trustee boards through the first valuations under the new funding regime.
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NewsAnnual Funding Statement: Trustees should prepare for surplus release options
Industry commentators have welcomed the recommendation from the regulator to engage early with sponsors over the potential release of DB surpluses.
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NewsAnnual Funding Statement: Focus on endgame planning, says TPR
The regulator’s latest Annual Funding Statement shows strong funding across most of the DB sector, but it says recent volatility means trustees should maintain focus on robust endgame planning.
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NewsRegulator clarifies superfund guidance ahead of expected market growth
TPR has sought to clarify its expectations and address misconceptions around superfund transactions ahead of the Pension Schemes Bill and potential new entrant to the sector.
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People NewsAppointments: Double hire at TPR; Macro joins Aon MasterTrust
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 11 April 2025.
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NewsHow artificial intelligence can help win the war against pension scams
The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Scams Action Group have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help identify and shut down websites that are attempting to defraud people of their pension savings.
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NewsProfessional trustees to face scrutiny over remuneration, additional services
The Pensions Regulator has set out plans to formally regulate professional trustee firms after a market engagement exercise found issues around conflicts of interest.
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NewsTPR could reduce master trust capital reserves amid drive to cut regulatory burden
Most master trusts are profitable and less likely to fail than they were when the regulatory regime was established in 2019, according to the regulator’s chief executive.
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NewsHow TPR helped secure funding boost for newspaper scheme
A pension scheme sponsored by Reach - and previously involved in the Robert Maxwell fraud - has settled a funding dispute following an intervention by the Pensions Regulator.
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NewsAI and ‘responsible innovation’ at centre of TPR’s data revolution
The Pensions Regulator is to establish an artificial intelligence advisory council as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of how it uses data and technology.
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In DepthIn Depth: Regulator’s new DC approach is a sign of things to come
Pensions Expert looks in detail at how the Pensions Regulator’s prudential approach to regulation is affecting all aspects of the industry.
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NewsTPR overhauls DC supervision to support ‘megafunds’ growth
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to split its oversight of defined contribution pension funds into four categories as part of a major overhaul designed to reflect the changing nature of the sector.
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People NewsTPR chair Smart to step down in summer
Sarah Smart is to leave her role as chair of the Pensions Regulator in July after four years in the position, the organisation announced today.
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NewsTPR turns up the heat on pension schemes
Data shows that the Pensions Regulator requested more formal interviews with individuals in 2024 than in the previous five years combined.
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In DepthIn Depth: 40% of master trust memberships could consolidate, study finds
A major data exercise carried out by some of the UK’s biggest master trusts has shed light on the challenges of consolidating small pension pots and rolling out pension dashboards.
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NewsTPR chair praises industry diversity progress
The pensions industry is doing “a million times better” on diversity, according to the chair of the Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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OpinionMaking sure your scheme is prepared for cyber risks
Regulators may not be as joined up on cyber risks as you think, according to Eversheds Sutherland. The firm’s Richard Bacon, Claire Carroll and Lorna Doggett explore what this means for pension scheme trustees.
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NewsRegulators urged to collaborate on ‘targeted support’ for DC savers
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for trust-based defined contribution pension schemes to be included in proposals to allow “targeted support” for savers.
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator publishes rulebook for CDC schemes
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) plans to send collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes annual evaluations setting out risks, actions and the regulator’s planned supervisory “intensity”.
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NewsTPR grows investment team and vows to 'probe' strategies
The regulator has doubled its investment consultant staff in a bid to increase its scrutiny of investment strategies as schemes seek to allocate more to UK-centric assets.