All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 75
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News
Scams burden remains in spite of HMRC registration
News analysis: A High Court ruling last week established the Pensions Regulator’s authority to take action against schemes it believes to be fraudulent.
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News
Regulator refines website for SME auto-enrolment
The Pensions Regulator has revamped the auto-enrolment section of its website to help small to medium-sized enterprises implement the reform by adding step-by-step tools and drop-down information menus.
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Opinion
Why clarity is needed over pensions liberation
In this Informed Comment, Sackers’ Zoë Lynch takes a look at the tricky situation faced by schemes over pensions liberation, and why a “simple amendment within the existing legislative framework” might not be enough to help them.
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News
How the OFT report affects your scheme
The Association of British Insurers will audit contract and bundled schemes at risk of being poor value for members, following the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into the market.
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Opinion
Editorial: Embracing apathy
This year’s eight annual Leadership of Pensions Summit left in its wake quite a few lessons, and some surprises too, about how pension schemes and policymakers are meeting today’s industry challenges.
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NewsKodak deal captures new age of sponsor-scheme creativity
News analysis: Purchasing assets from insolvent sponsors could become more common for schemes looking to secure member benefits, according to lawyers working on the Kodak case.
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Opinion
Schemes are not obliged to prop up UK economy
Pension schemes do not have an obligation to support a weakened UK economy, argues PensionsFirst’s David Norgrove in the latest Informed Comment.
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News
Pressure grows for improved default fund standards
News analysis: Focus on the design of default funds has sharpened following government and industry plans to explore new minimum standards, but the process presents challenges, industry experts have said.
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News
Fidelity appoints PTL for mastertrust governance
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed PTL as the professional trustee of its mastertrust in a move that will see the governance of the scheme run independently, as employers look to manage potential conflicts of interest in the structure.
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News
Making good your scheme's common data shortfall
News analysis: The Pensions Regulator's annual record-keeping survey, released earlier this week, demonstrated a lack of awareness among smaller schemes of their data obligations, but also contained hints about how to repair administrative faults.
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Opinion
Editorial: Put fraud firmly in the shade
As the mercury rose last week, attention on pension fraudsters also hotted up as the regulator brought a liberation case to the High Court.
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News
Regulator: liberation fraud more sophisticated threat
News analysis: Pension liberation fraud has become more sophisticated, according to the Pensions Regulator, which is now targeting specific liberation models in a bid to slow down the pace of fraudulent activity.
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NewsIndustry to meet ministers over impact of UK split
News analysis: Industry figures will meet with ministers next month to flesh out how a split UK pensions system could work in the event of a yes vote for Scottish independence.
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NewsKodak deal could 'set precedent' for benefit change
News analysis: The technique used to save the Kodak Pension Plan’s sponsor from insolvency could set a precedent for schemes and employers wanting to change members’ benefits to reduce risk.
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OpinionHow to avoid a £250,000 data protection fine
Schemes and employers should know their obligations when it comes to looking after member information, but legal experts have warned that without proper consideration it could be easy to fall foul of data protection rules.
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News
SPC: Pot-follows-member a 'breeding ground' for fraud
The government’s pot-follows-member proposals threaten to “overstretch” the industry and expose members to greater risk of pension liberation fraud, if introduced at the peak of auto-enrolment in 2014, the Society of Pension Consultants has warned.
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News
Now Pensions U-turns on sharia fund for members
Now Pensions has reversed its decision not to launch a sharia option, in its concern to avoid alienating members with a preference for Islamic investment, following auto-enrolment.
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News
How draft contribution rules impact your scheme
The Pensions Regulator's draft contribution requirements could have a significant impact on schemes and providers by pressuring them to help police employer contributions under auto-enrolment.
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Features
Heineken boosts transparency with statement of investment principles
Heineken’s scheme governance committee has produced a statement of investment principles to improve transparency for members, despite there being no legal requirement for contract-based defined contribution plans to do so.
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News
Survey: half of DC schemes failing investment duty
Data analysis: Consultants have raised concerns over a lack of investment focus from defined contribution schemes, after research found little more than half of schemes had recently reviewed their investment principles.