All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 23
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NewsBespoke funding route could save charities 65% in cash contributions
On the go: Charities could cut their defined benefit cash contributions by between 35 and 65 per cent if they opt for the bespoke option over the fast-track route in the new DB funding code, according to analysis by Hymans Robertson.
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NewsUniversities back alternative proposals to reform USS
Employers representing 95 per cent of the Universities Superannuation Scheme membership have backed measures proposed by Universities UK, including enhanced employer covenant provision, in a bid to end the impasse over the scheme’s 2020 valuation.
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NewsTPR’s intervention guarantees £730m protection for Sanofi scheme
On the go: The Sanofi Pension Scheme has received a new guarantee package from its sponsor, including additional protection of up to £730m in the event of insolvency in the next 20 years, following intervention from the Pensions Regulator.
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OpinionSchemes should prepare for new TPR contribution notice regime
Trustees and sponsors should consider how they would justify actions when faced with an intervention by the Pensions Regulator, which is consulting on new conditions to issue contribution notices, writes Chris Edwards-Earl, senior associate at Stephenson Harwood.
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OpinionDon’t ‘do’ pensions? Think again…
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Claire O’Donnell and Julia Chirnside explain how corporates can prepare for the increased notification requirements to the Pensions Regulator that could have an impact for many merger and acquisition transactions.
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PodcastsPodcast: Trustees should focus more on scheme admin in anti-scam fight
Podcast: The Pensions Ombudsman has declared schemes should have their transfer and due diligence procedures updated within a month of new anti-scams guidance. Compliance will require a huge amount of administrative time and resources, and trustees should give scheme administration more focus. LCP partner Francesca Bailey and Pensions Management Institute president Lesley Alexander talk scams, dashboards and corporate activity.
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NewsA third of DB schemes now have professional trustees
On the go: The number of defined benefit schemes with a professional trustee on its board has increased by 60 per cent in five years, with a third of pension funds now using these services, according to consultancy LCP.
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NewsIndustry bodies warn of 'consultation fatigue'
A number of industry bodies are concerned about “fatigue” from a deluge of consultations, Pensions Expert can reveal, warning that the sheer number of responses required, coupled with the short time-frames in which to prepare them, risks overwhelming their ability to respond properly.
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NewsACA calls for more time to comply with pension scams rules
On the go: The Association of Consulting Actuaries has said administrators and trustees will need more time to comply with new pension scam rules being introduced by the government.
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NewsOnly half of trustee boards conduct governance reviews
On the go: Only half of defined benefit scheme trustee boards review their effectiveness annually, which shows the industry still has some way to go when it comes to governance, according to Willis Towers Watson.
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NewsDWP presses ahead with TCFD rules in time for COP 26
The Department for Work and Pensions is to press ahead with new rules that will require trustees to report on their schemes’ climate change investment risks by October, but has introduced a number of changes and easements to the regulations after industry concerns.
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NewsTPR: Trustees must ‘improve their understanding’ of liquidity risks
On the go: Trustees need to improve their understanding of liquidity risks and do more to monitor and mitigate against them, the Pensions Regulator has said.
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NewsTPR looks to clarify new contribution notice tests
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has called for the pensions industry to give its views on the application of new contribution notice tests stemming from the Pension Schemes Act.
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NewsTPR urges trustees to remain vigilant of sponsor activity
The Pensions Regulator has used its latest annual funding statement to call for trustees to remain vigilant of weakening employer covenants and corporate activity, while laying out guidance on how to approach scheme valuations under the current challenging conditions brought by the pandemic.
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NewsOmbudsman gives providers a month to update transfer processes
The Pensions Ombudsman expects pension providers to update their transfer processes, due diligence checks and member communications within one month of the new scams regulatory guidance being issued.
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OpinionInvestment oversight – trustees should ‘mind the gap’
IC Select managing director Peter Dorward outlines how trustees need to increase the oversight of their investment consultants and fiduciary managers in a way to comply with new regulations.
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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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NewsTrustees not fully aware of new code of practice requirements
On the go: Many trustees are not fully aware of the requirements of the Pensions Regulator’s new code of practice, a survey by Barnett Waddingham has found.
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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.