All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 55
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News
TPR fines airline's scheme for failing to get accounts audited on time
Four trustees of the Pakistan International Airlines Retirement and Death Benefits Plan have been fined £500 each for failing to get accounts audited on time for two years in a row.
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Bus firm and boss to pay £60k for failing to offer staff pension
A bus company and its managing director have admitted to trying to deliberately avoid giving their employees workplace pensions, and now must pay more than £60,000.
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Now Pensions fined £70k for admin failings
The Pensions Regulator has fined the trustee and trust manager of Now Pensions in relation to persistent administration failures, and has given the embattled mastertrust until July to fix all of its issues.
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ITV case: Regulator argues for retrospective moral hazard powers
The leveraging up of TV rental company Box Clever put members’ pensions at risk while extracting maximum value for its shareholders, a landmark Upper Tribunal case about the Pensions Regulator’s powers has heard.
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MPs accuse Carillion of trying to 'wriggle out' of pension obligations
The Work and Pensions Committee has accused Carillion of trying to “wriggle out” of its pension obligations for the past decade, amid calls for stronger laws to prevent future scandals.
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Features
Lincolnshire council fund encounters data difficulties
The £2.2bn Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund has had ‘amber’ reviews over administration and training.
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Commons debates default guidance in second reading of bill
The House of Commons debated the feasibility of default guidance and the future of private sector pensions during the second reading of the financial guidance and claims bill on Monday.
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Scammers ordered to pay back £13.7m
In a case against four people, the Pensions Regulator has for the first time obtained an order from the High Court to make the defendants repay the funds taken from their victims.
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May's promise to protect pensions lacks concrete solutions
Theresa May has pledged to stop executives who try to “line their own pockets” by putting pension schemes at risk, but questions over resourcing and legislative issues remain.
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Consultants commit to flagging ESG factors
Sixteen investment consultancy firms have said that they will seek to ensure that pension schemes take into account environmental, social and governance factors where they are financially material.
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Opinion
The year ahead for the Pensions Regulator
2017 was a significant year for the Pensions Regulator and the pensions sector, and we do not expect the pace to slow. In the coming months we will publish our annual corporate plan and budget for 2018-19. For now, here are our focus areas for the year ahead.
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Opinion
Trustees must adopt more transparent practices
Another new year, another set of pension crises. Following on from the likes of BHS and British Steel, we now have Carillion, and this time pension trustees are in the spotlight more than ever before.
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Chappell to be sentenced next month
The Pensions Regulator has said the sentencing of former BHS owner Dominic Chappell, who was found guilty of withholding information from the regulator, will take place on February 23.
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Select committee questions TPR on Barclays scheme sponsorship
The Work and Pensions Committee is questioning the Pensions Regulator on the sponsorship of Barclays Bank’s pension scheme in relation to the company’s restructuring plans.
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Features
Do UK DB schemes have a covenant problem?
Analysis: Sponsor covenant and failed defined benefit promises are in the headlines again with the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion. Could the liquidation be indicative of a wider national inability to pay pensions, and how should trustees react to a deterioration in their covenant?
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Carillion collapse leaves scheme facing PPF
Contractor Carillion has entered into compulsory liquidation, with its 28,000 defined benefit pension scheme members set to transfer into the Pension Protection Fund, at a potential cost to the lifeboat of more than £587m.
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Carillion collapse sparks calls for better DB rules
The collapse of Carillion and impending transfer of some of its defined benefit members into the Pension Protection Fund has raised questions about the suitability of existing pensions laws.
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Chappell found guilty for failing to provide information to regulator
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been convicted of failing to provide information that the Pensions Regulator had asked him to supply as part of its investigation into the sale and subsequent collapse of the retailer.
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Boyle re-appointed as non-executive chair of TPR
Mark Boyle has been appointed for another three-year term as non-executive chair of the Pensions Regulator, the Department for Work and Pensions has said.
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Opinion
IORP II marks an underwhelming farewell from the EU
The EU’s new directive on pension funds will see schemes producing benefit statements on a yearly basis, while risk-management standards will be dragged up and borders broken down, but the overall impact will be limited.