All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 77
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FeaturesAir Products: Don’t 'pussyfoot' on overseas covenant
Ian Smith explores how the Air Products plan and others have dealt with their overseas parent employer to avoid covenant risk, as experienced by Alitalia's UK scheme.
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FeaturesPennon: Separate DB/DC cash to reduce admin risk
As the regulator toughens its demands on hybrid scheme governance, Ian Smith analyses how schemes including Pennon are managing their administration risk through clear separation of defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) funds.
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M&S cost savings to spur mastertrust copycats
Owen Walker analyses M&S’s mastertrust structure, which the retailer will set up to mitigate the administration costs associated with auto-enrolment
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Local government schemes respond to AE safeguards
Norfolk Pension Fund has issued each of its employers with a guide to complying with new auto-enrolment legislation to ensure members are not induced to leave the scheme.
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How to encourage greater uptake of the OMO
Schemes have been urged to provide more detailed information on annuity options to ensure retiring members get the most from their defined contribution (DC) savings.
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Regulator highlights DC failure over risk registers
The Pensions Regulator is planning to measure governance standards twice yearly after failing to increase the number of small schemes to have set up risk registers.
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Retail insolvencies highlight need for covenant reviews
Managers of pension schemes in the retail sector have been urged to review their employer covenant in response to a host of high street insolvencies.
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Case study: Tui slashes sponsor’s cash obligations
Tui UK pension scheme has agreed a deal to reduce its sponsor’s annual cash contribution by £38m in what has been called a “watershed moment”.
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Bonas case highlights need for covenant reviews
The Pensions Regulator’s decision to settle the Bonas case with a £60,000 contribution notice should serve as a warning to schemes to closely monitor their sponsor covenants.
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Regulator: How schemes can better protect members
The Pensions Regulator discusses how it is working with schemes to protect members’ benefits and preparing the industry for auto enrolment
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Are ETVs always inappropriate? Ask a BA pilot
The pensions minister is wrong in condemning schemes for offering cash incentives for defined benefit (DB) members to switch to defined contribution (DC) plans.
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Admin warning on DB-DC transfers
Defined benefit (DB) schemes considering offering member transfers to defined contribution (DC) arrangements have been warned of administrative costs and falling foul of the regulator.