All Burges Salmon articles
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NewsMineworkers to receive 32% pension bonus
Members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme will receive a bonus payment of almost a third of their regular pension income after the government confirmed it will transfer a reserve fund’s assets to the trustees.
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NewsMore ESG reporting raises risk of legal challenges for trustees
Tougher reporting requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors leave pension schemes and companies more exposed to the risk of legal challenges, a senior lawyer has warned.
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NewsWhy pensions schemes are ‘attractive targets’ for cyber criminals
Pension schemes are ‘attractive targets’ for cyber criminals and trustees and managers must create contingency plans to mitigate the impact of an attack, an expert has warned.
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NewsM&G completes £286m Northern Bank BPA deal
The transaction is the second with M&G's insurance subsidiary Prudential since it returned to the BPA market.
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NewsDB schemes mull legal action against LDI asset managers
Defined benefit schemes that suffered losses as a result of the recent market volatility are considering bringing legal claims against their asset managers and advisers, legal experts have warned.
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NewsManufacturing company agrees £75m buy-in
On the go: The Triplex Lloyd Final Salary Plan has agreed a circa £75m bulk annuity transaction with Legal & General Assurance Society for the Doncasters section of the defined benefit scheme.
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News
Experts query whether £31m offer will satisfy TPR in Box Clever case
ITV has put forward an initial offer of £31m to the Pensions Regulator of financial support for the struggling Box Clever Pension Scheme, following an eight-year courtroom battle.
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News
No-deal Brexit could deny thousands lifeboat protection
As Covid-19 continues to wreak its devastation on the corporate landscape, dozens of pension schemes could fall into the Pension Protection Fund. However, a no-deal Brexit could scupper that option for up to one-fifth of distressed employers with an EU connection.
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Civil partner LGPS survivor benefits set to match widows
Survivors of same-sex civil partnerships and same-sex marriage will receive the same survivor benefits as those provided to widows under new proposals for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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News
TPR raises bar with mastertrust code of practice
A new authorisation code requiring mastertrusts to demonstrate their financial sustainability may force a number of providers from the market, experts have speculated.
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NewsCarillion collapse sparks calls for better DB rules
The collapse of Carillion and impending transfer of some of its defined benefit members into the Pension Protection Fund has raised questions about the suitability of existing pensions laws.
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FeaturesMNOPF steers towards buy-in and DC merger
As derisking plans accelerate and sponsors seek to reduce the volatility of defined benefit scheme deficits, buy-ins are becoming increasingly attractive.
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Government to appeal ruling on discrimination
The government is set to appeal the employment tribunal’s recent verdict that more than 200 judges suffered discrimination as a result of pension changes. Meanwhile, the Fire Brigades Union is planning to challenge the result of a similar discrimination case, which it lost this year.
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FeaturesBushfire of pension discrimination cases spreads to firefighters
The Fire Brigades Union has raised a legal challenge against fire service employers and the government regarding alleged discrimination as a result of transitional protection arrangements.
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Opinion
Pensions Ombudsman set to cast interventional net wider
From the blog: Last week the Pensions Ombudsman said the agency would begin taking a more proactive approach to interventions, especially in appeals that can have broader implications for the pensions industry – a departure from its previously more placatory tone.
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OpinionIn defence of lay trustees
From the blog: The Pensions Regulator has found that professional-only trustee boards are better run. That’s not all that surprising. However, non-professionals have lots to bring to trustee boards and their value should not be underestimated.
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NewsCap on golden handshakes could affect average earners at Magnox
Workers across the public sector will see a £95,000 cap on exit payments under a new clause added to the 2015-16 enterprise bill which could hit average earners at nuclear decommissioning company Magnox.
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NewsA lot to get to grips with: the legal and regulatory outlook for 2016
Legal and regulatory change was abundant last year and 2016 looks like it will continue in the same vein, as both the UK and Europe are churning out legislation and rules affecting occupational pension schemes.
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Features
How schemes could use secondary debt market after Kaupthing ruling
Legal experts have said a High Court ruling allowing schemes to sell section 75 debts – triggered when an employer leaves a pension scheme – could reduce running costs by speeding up the exit of sponsoring employers.