All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 36
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TPR relaxes AE enforcement action in response to Covid-19
On the go: The Pensions Regulator is giving employers more time to pay contributions without triggering any enforcement action, in a move to reduce the burden on businesses during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Deferral of DB contributions ‘may be appropriate’
On the go: New guidance for defined benefit trustees accepts that some employers may need to delay deficit repair contributions due to economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, but urges schemes to test employer claims carefully.
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Govt backtracks over policy on Ssas consolidation
On the go: The Department for Work and Pensions has been forced to clarify that small self-administered schemes will not be included in its push for consolidation of subscale defined contribution arrangements, following industry backlash.
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ITV given six months to fund pension scheme
On the go: ITV has been given six months to fund the Box Clever pension scheme after it lost its eight-year legal challenge against the Pensions Regulator.
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Pension bill progress halted due to emergency health laws
On the go: Progress on the pension schemes bill has come to a halt following the government’s commitment to hurry through emergency health legislation to combat the effects of coronavirus.
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Opperman to legislate for DC consolidation
On the go: The minister for pensions and financial inclusion has unveiled plans to force the consolidation of subscale defined contribution arrangements.
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Clara Pensions in talks with investors for new funding
On the go: Clara Pensions is seeking to raise between £200m and £300m from new investors, after a first fundraising in 2018.
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TPR alerts trustees for contingency planning amid Covid-19 fears
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has reminded trustees of the need for appropriate monitoring and contingency planning to be able to continue to run their schemes amid a coronavirus outbreak.
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Smart Pension to take on Welplan Pensions Master Trust
On the go: Welplan Pensions Master Trust is consolidating with Smart Pension, after a decision not to seek master trust authorisation.
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MPs question TPR’s action on Norton pension schemes
On the go: The chair of the Work and Pensions select committee, Labour MP Stephen Timms, has written to the Pensions Regulator questioning its action over the case of Norton Motorcycles and the three pension schemes invested in the company.
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Company director fined after prioritising yachting over TPR
On the go: A company director has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £2,800 in costs by the Pensions Regulator for failing to provide information and documents requested as part of an investigation.
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OpinionThe biggest driver of change in DC
Data Crunch: Over the past few years, defined contribution schemes have had to adapt to substantial changes introduced by the government and the regulators.
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TPR starts DB countdown to ‘significant maturity’
The Pensions Regulator has launched a consultation on its long-trailed, twin-track defined benefit funding approach, seeking industry views on how to get the average scheme to low dependency within 15-20 years.
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Camden grills manager as ESG pressure mounts
The £1.7bn Camden Pension Fund has placed one of its managers under review over concerns that it would not be able to comply with the scheme’s climate risk reporting requirements.
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Email attacks on the Pensions Regulator rise 148%
On the go: The Pensions Regulator was the target of more than 343,000 email attacks in 2019, an increase of 148 per cent over last year, according to official data.
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KPMG pensions spin-off targets industry modernisation
On the go: KPMG’s former pensions advisory business has relaunched as Isio following its sale to a private equity backer, with the new company looking to grow its consolidation offering and improve the industry’s use of technology.
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NewsRegulator’s ESG letter ‘as vague as trustees’ statements’
The Pensions Regulator’s response to schemes not publishing newly required statements of investment principles has been lambasted by the non-profit that first uncovered the extent of non-compliance.
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New criminal sanctions not meant to disrupt businesses, Govt claims
The government has guaranteed that new criminal sanctions introduced in the pensions schemes bill are not intended to disrupt legitimate corporate activity, but has refused to revise “widely” worded powers to go after those linked to defined benefit schemes.
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Barnet sacks Capita and joins LGPS shared arrangement
The London Borough of Barnet has ended its contract with outsourcer Capita as the administrator of its pension scheme after a litany of breaches and scandals while it oversaw the Local Government Pension Scheme section.
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OpinionSchemes at risk from dwindling IFA transfer market
Over the past couple of years, the market for independent financial advisers has been shrinking.