All Financial Assistance Scheme articles
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News
AEAT Pension Scheme PAC inquiry findings imminent
The House of Commons public accounts committee is expected to publish the findings from its inquiry into the Atomic Energy Agency Technology Pension Scheme (AEAT) later this week.
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News
DWP spends £13mn in arrears to FAS members due to court cases
The Department for Work and Pensions is estimating a total cost of £13mn in arrears paid to Financial Assistance Scheme members due to the implementation of recent court cases, its annual report and accounts have revealed.
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News
Timms urges Opperman to reconsider FAS compensation cap
Work and Pensions Committee chair Stephen Timms has asked pensions minister Guy Opperman to reconsider the interest on arrears and the application of the compensation cap for Financial Assistance Scheme members.
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News
PPF benefit top-up met with anger from solvent FAS members
The Pension Protection Fund’s plan to top up compensation where members receive less than half of their original pension unfairly misses out some members of the Financial Assistance Scheme, according to a pensions campaign group.
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Opinion
Member focus key to in-sourcing success
Keeping members at the heart of everything we do is critical to the Pension Protection Fund’s success.
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News
PPF to top up pensions to 50% ahead of legislation
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund is to begin topping up the benefits of members whose compensation has fallen below half of their original entitlement “as quickly as possible”, after a European court found its current payment structure unlawful.
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Opinion
Doors remain open as FAS prepares to close
From September 1 2016 the Financial Assistance Scheme will be closed to new applications.
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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.