All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 71
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OpinionEditorial: Adding pages to the rulebook
"Clearer, perhaps tougher... governance is not automatically more effective," wrote Richard Butcher in last week's Informed Comment. Bad decisions can still be made within a decent structure.
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News
AE concerns grow as non-compliance jumps
Consultants have called for increased efforts to break down the complexities of auto-enrolment for smaller employers as data from the Regulator revealed a sharp increase in non-compliance actions in the final three months of last year.
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News
What the regulator's £8.5m Carrington Wire deal means for your scheme
The Pensions Regulator has settled with two linked Russian companies for £8.5m over their UK pension fund obligations, prompting calls for trustees to re-examine covenant agreements.
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News
DC experts cautious on FCA's 'second line of defence'
Defined contribution experts have cautiously welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s intervention on a second line of defence for retiring scheme members, but saw upheaval ahead for trust-based schemes.
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Opinion
Regulator: Scammers continue to evolve, we will too
As we highlighted in last summer's cross-government campaign, scheme members are being ripped off and face losing all or most of their savings as a result of scams that promise instant cash and high returns on investments.
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News
Kent sees 75% reduction in overpayment write-offs
Kent Pension Fund has driven down its overpayment write-offs by 75 per cent after the implementation of monthly mortality screening – as administration experts raise concerns about schemes’ data holes.
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Opinion
How the DB code's employer growth objective affects scheme funding
The Pensions Regulator last summer published a revised version of Code of Practice 3 for funding defined benefit pension schemes.
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Opinion
Six hurdles for DB and DC schemes to get over in 2015
By now, you'll have waded through all manner of 2014 round-ups, but what lies ahead for the pension trustee or scheme manager is certainly more pressing.
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Opinion
Top tips for small employers readying for AE
For small businesses faced with auto-enrolment, the need to plan ahead should not be underestimated.
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News
Latest IORP revision ditches 'professional' qualification requirement for trustees
The latest revision of the European Commission pensions directive has removed a contentious requirement for trustees to have a "professional" qualification – reigniting debate in the industry on the merits of a minimum standard of training.
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News
Concerns that DC reforms will drive pensions liberation reach MPs
Industry figures have said the guidance guarantee and independent advice are important to prevent scheme members being lured into punitive liberation schemes by the prospect of increased retirement flexibilities – a problem brought before parliament this week.
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News
Plumbing scheme works to trace 7,000 addresses in data push
The Plumbing and Mechanical Services Industry Pension Scheme has taken steps to trace scheme members to improve its record-keeping, with the address of almost one in every five currently missing.
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News
DC benchmarks expected to switch attention to performance
Industry experts have predicted the governance focus for defined contribution default funds will swing from cost to performance as DC benchmarking capabilities come to the fore.
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Features
Cambridgeshire fund tightens payment reporting ahead of regulatory changes
Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has mandated its largest participating employer to detail member contributions, in order to more effectively monitor late payments to the scheme as new reporting requirements come into play.
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Opinion
Issuing a 'trustee P45' – is firing scheme reps ever justifiable?
Any other business: Going against the grain is not necessarily a bad thing in a trustee; in fact it can be a necessary part of acting in members’ best interests.
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Opinion
Today at the NAPF annual conference – October 16 edition
The National Association of Pension Funds Annual Conference 2014 in Liverpool was in full swing today, with panel discussions on auto-enrolment, collective defined contribution, independent governance committees, to name just a few.
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Opinion
Five reasons to improve your scheme data quality
There is no mystery to how we got to where we are with pension scheme data, or why the Pensions Regulator felt the need to intervene.
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Features
The Pensions Trust to open doors to private sector DB as employers outsource
The Pensions Trust plans to start accepting private sector employers into the scheme from late October, hoping to attract the growing number of small and medium-sized companies outsourcing the management of defined benefit schemes.
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Opinion
Regulator: the AE capacity crunch has not materialised
Twelve months ago, there were rising concerns among commentators of the industry’s ability to cope with the volumes of employers staging in the spring of 2014.
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Features
Somerset and Devon tighten shared admin strategy to boost employer comms
Somerset County Council Pension Fund and Devon County Council Fund will establish a formal administration strategy in order to improve communication between the schemes and its participating employers.