All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 78
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NewsBA communicates with members on growth objective
The Pensions Regulator’s new objective to support employer growth has filtered through to members of the British Airways pension schemes, where trustees have met with the airline and regulator as part of the valuation process.
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News
Essex council fund maps insolvency risk
Essex Pension Fund has produced a map to help predict employer insolvency after a liquidation left it saddled with orphan liabilities.
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How the 2013 funding statement affects your scheme
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Pensions Regulator’s 2013 annual funding statement has set out the flexibilities open to schemes in the tough economic climate, but pension professionals have said those carrying out valuations this year could find the process challenging.
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News
Government considers added layer of AE legislation
Pension professionals have welcomed plans for the government to legislate on further minimum standards for auto-enrolment to ensure schemes meet quality benchmarks.
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Opinion
Editorial: View from the top
If you are looking to improve the running of your pension fund, hiring the chief executive of the Pensions Regulator is a pretty good place to start.
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Features
Saul curbs transfers-in to avoid 'unknown liabilities'
The £1.6bn Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London has decided to suspend members from transferring in their old private sector pensions, to manage the risk and cost of regulatory changes including auto-enrolment.
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Features
Doctors ruling ups AE worker cost for employers
A private medical practice has been forced to extend its workplace benefits to self-employed practitioners in a legal case that will increase auto-enrolment costs for employers.
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Features
Schemes tackle longevity risk with annual reviews
Schemes such as Astra Zeneca and Reckitt Benckiser have made sizable changes to their life expectancy assumptions, but Owen Walker discovers small, frequent reviews are better to avoid the risk of poor data.
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Features
Regulator calls for proportionate DC data requests
Responding to industry criticism, the regulator has told schemeXpert.com it is interested in views on how it could "strengthen" its collection of data from defined contribution (DC) schemes.
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FeaturesRailpen warns members of early-release scams
The £20bn scheme has warned its members about potentially illegal early-release offers in order to manage the risk of fraud and tax costs to their retirement savings.
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FeaturesBT changes valuation date to help close deficit
The BT Pension Scheme took advantage of a regulatory flexibility to move its valuation date forward by six months and improve its funding position.
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Features
How to communicate investment fees to members
In the final instalment of the fund fees survey, schemes outline how they educate and update their members on the impact of charges on their investments.
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FeaturesWhat the regulator's funding statement means for you
Video: The CBI's head of pensions policy, Jim Bligh, tells Owen Walker what the regulator's statement means for schemes in the middle of funding discussions (4:41).
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Features
How to avoid paying section 75 debt
A change in legislation means it is now possible for employers to exit multi-employer schemes without triggering a debt. TLT’s Sasha Butterworth explains how.
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FeaturesWebb on AE challenges for medium schemes
Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39).
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Features
How to insulate DC assets from insolvency risk
Amid a slew of insolvency cases, Pippa Stephens looks at how defined contribution schemes can avoid being faced with defined benefit debt.
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Features
Countdown to manage PPF levy changes
The Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Collins sets out the main changes to its annual levy and how schemes need to prepare ahead of the March 30 deadline.
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FeaturesKodak woes expose risk of overseas sponsors
Kodak’s filing for bankruptcy has left the UK scheme critically underfunded. Pippa Stephens looks at ways to minimise the risk of an overseas guarantor.
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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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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.