All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 25
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News
University employers urge USS to reconsider its valuation outcomes
On the go: Universities UK, which represents 340 Universities Superannuation Scheme employers, has written to the trustees of the scheme urging a rethink of its valuation outcomes.
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News
TPR’s criminal powers draft policy fails to repeal industry concerns
The Pensions Regulator’s draft guidance on its new criminal powers, published on Thursday, failed to allay fears about the new sanctions, since it will be able to prosecute anyone in connection with an offence and will no longer be bound by limitation periods.
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News
Concerns remain as DWP’s climate change consultation closes
Despite welcoming the government’s proposed measures on climate risk, industry experts have highlighted several outstanding concerns as the new rules need more clarity and risk a “herd mentality when it comes to metrics and targets”.
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News
TPR to assess value for money for savers
On the go: The Pensions Regulator plans to publish a discussion paper to assess value for money as part of its new corporate strategy.
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News
Fraud Compensation Fund to begin processing cases within 18 months
The Fraud Compensation Fund could begin processing cases through to settlement within 12-18 months, a meeting of the Transparency Task Force was told on Monday.
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TPR: Master trusts have ‘work to do’ on investment knowledge
On the go:Master trusts still have “work to do” to improve their trustees’ investment knowledge, according to Geoff Cheetham, principal investment consultant at the Pensions Regulator.
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News
Government proceeds with new general levy structure
On the go: The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that a new general levy structure, with four different rates, will come into force in April 2021.
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Opinion
Lifetime allowance freeze reopens debate on its relevance
The Budget may be classed as a quiet one from a pensions perspective, since it did not address any of the major burning issues that pensions consultants either think or anticipate the government will address.
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News
DWP delays fiduciary management consultation response
On the go: The Department for Work and Pensions’ response to the consultation on trustee oversight of investment consultants and fiduciary managers has been delayed until 2022.
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News
USS deficit increase requires ‘unaffordable’ contribution hikes
The Universities Superannuation Scheme’s deficit has quadrupled to more than £14bn, requiring contribution rate hikes from employers amounting to an “unaffordable” 56.2 per cent of payroll, according to figures announced on Wednesday.
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News
Climate change takes priority in government’s legislation
On the go: The minister for pensions and financial inclusion has laid out a plan for the upcoming secondary legislation following the Pension Schemes Act, giving priority to new climate change rules.
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News
Dashboards preparation should begin immediately
On the go: New guidance from the Pensions Administration and Standards Association encourages all schemes to begin preparing for the introduction of the dashboards straight away, after the passage of the Pension Schemes Act set a series of events in motion.
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News
TPR puts £25m anti-avoidance case to bed
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has agreed a £25m settlement in its anti-avoidance case against the owners of bed manufacturer Silentnight, a sum not big enough to prevent its defined benefit scheme plunging into the Pension Protection Fund.
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News
One-year contribution holidays could spur economic recovery
On the go: Conservative peer Baroness Ros Altmann has recommended that the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announces a year-long contribution freeze for defined benefit scheme sponsors to boost business recovery.
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News
TPR criticised for year-long delay in collection of ESG statements
A Conservative peer and former pensions minister has hit out at delays in the Pensions Regulator’s efforts to police the content of pension schemes’ statements of investment principles.
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News
Calls for TPR to include ESG module in trustee toolkit
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has been urged to include an an environmental, social and governance training module in its trustee toolkit.
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News
TPR calls for neurodiversity to be promoted in D&I debate
On the go: Neurodiversity is “really important” to achieve diversity and inclusion in the pensions sector, according to David Fairs, executive director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice at the Pensions Regulator.
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Features
Trustees facing up to 50% liability insurance premium hike
Trustees facing up to 50% liability insurance premium hike Cost of dealing with claims and new legislationis forcing insurers to increase premiums Enterkeywords.sh_embed {position: relative;height: auto;width:100%;z-index: 0;overflow: hidden;background-color: #222;color: white;font-family: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;}.sh_embed * {-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}.sh_embed .sh-embed-bg {position: absolute;width: 110%;height: 110%;top: -5%;left: -5%;z-index: -1;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.8);}.sh_embed ...
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News
Calls for DWP to change chair’s statement rules
On the go: The Department for Work and Pensions is to publish a review of the effectiveness of defined contribution chair’s statements in April, which has prompted some specialists to call for a major rethink.
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Podcasts
Podcast: Timms calls for pension transfer rules change
Podcast: The current law governing transfers is not fit for purpose and there are too many bodies involved in handling pension scams, according to Work and Pensions Committee chair Stephen Timms.