All articles by Angus Peters – Page 11
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TPR prosecutes director for information breach
On the go: The Pensions Regulator is taking legal action against a company director for failing to provide it with information – the latest in a string of prosecutions for section 72 breaches.
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Thérèse Coffey new DWP secretary after Rudd’s Brexit exit
On the go: Suffolk Coastal MP Thérèse Coffey will take over as secretary of state for work and pensions, the government announced on Sunday, after Amber Rudd quit the role over Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit.
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DB deficit spikes as hedging continues to be vindicated
On the go: The defined benefit liabilities of the UK's largest companies shot up by £30bn at the end of August, according to Mercer, as a slump in corporate bond yields refocuses trustee minds on immunising risk.
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Businessman’s refusal to share information with TPR leads to court
On the go: The Pensions Regulator is prosecuting a Hampshire and Surrey-based businessman for failing to provide it with details of the companies he owns.
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Smart Pension and Lewis schemes get master trust authorisation
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has authorised a further two master trusts to continue operating in the UK.
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NewsSchemes still lagging on cyber security
A leading cyber-security expert says pension schemes are still behind the rest of the financial services sector in protecting members, despite increasing awareness and realism about the threat of online criminals.
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OpinionMultiple tax treatments create yet another gap
Editorial: Never underestimate the power of well-organised workers providing a public service, even when faced with a chancellor whose conservative idols took on the trades unions.
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5 million still at risk from scams, TPR warns
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has warned that as many as five million savers are still at risk from pension scams, as it renews its commitment to fighting fraudsters alongside the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Looming Brexit sees slowdown in LDI derisking trend
On the go: Interest rate and inflation hedging activity by UK pension schemes saw a dramatic slump in the second quarter of 2019, although experts said this was more likely due to Brexit "frontloading" than a sustained slowdown.
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HSBC scheme agrees £7bn longevity swap package
On the go: Trustees of the HSBC Bank UK Pension Scheme have agreed the second-largest longevity swap in UK history, insuring £7bn of the scheme's liabilities against living too long.
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British American Tobacco strikes £3.4bn buy-in deal
On the go: British American Tobacco's UK pension scheme has agreed a buy-in covering both pensioners and deferred members, the third largest struck to date.
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Select committee presses govt on superfund commitment
On the go: The Work and Pensions Committee has voiced its concerns about the government allowing the creation of defined benefit superfunds in the absence of a dedicated regulatory regime.
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Future commissioner joins calls for Welsh pool to divest fossil fuels
On the go: A Welsh Assembly-appointed commissioner in charge of protecting future generations has called for the country's public sector pension funds to withdraw from fossil fuel investments.
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Now Pensions castigated as master trust competition turns nasty
Data crunch: Master trust Now Pensions has published an index claiming its charges have the least drag on an average defined contribution pot, unleashing in the process a barrage of criticism of the provider’s own charging structure and administrative headaches.
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OpinionDoes your manager have the right mindset for persistence?
Adrian Furnham has three doctorates, has written over 650 scientific papers and 55 books, and has dedicated part of his career to identifying the behavioural flaws that make investors with good ideas unlikely to perform – but sometimes asset managers make it easy for him.
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NewsCritics rebuke Hancock's 'narrow' NHS pension consultation
The British Medical Association poured cold water on the government’s NHS pension consultation on Monday, criticising its proposal of '50:50' accrual as too narrow and calling for the annual and tapered allowance to be scrapped altogether.
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TPR shows off tougher approach alongside single-source code of practice
The Pensions Regulator's use of its frontline powers has risen by a third over the past year, it has revealed, as the watchdog cements its “clearer, quicker, tougher” ethos into its practice.
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OpinionSimplifying our taxation system may have to wait
Editorial: Do pension issues keep Boris Johnson awake at night? At first instance one suspects the plight of pensioners comes some distance behind gaining power and self-preservation on our presumed next prime minister’s list of priorities.
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FeaturesCould a Brexit swing in sterling catch out UK schemes?
Data crunch: Trustees boards across the UK have finally banished the domestic bias for which they were once known, if the latest figures from MandateWire are anything to go by.
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PPF criticises industry's customer service after weathering tricky year
The Pension Protection Fund has revealed it is investing in technology to improve its customer service, as the lifeboat’s membership swelled in a year of record claims.