All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 57
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News
Seven in 10 professional trustees want standards body
Professional trustees have called for a body to set standards and monitor performance in the industry, but experts have cautioned against any measure that threatens the level of cognitive diversity on trustee boards.
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OpinionDB white paper must refocus system on providing benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions is due to publish its white paper on the future of defined benefit pension schemes this winter.
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OpinionRate rises are not the solution for DB woes
From the blog: After its meeting on September 14, the Monetary Policy Committee issued its strongest guidance yet that it expects to raise interest rates from their historic 10-year low.
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Features
Raising trustee standards: How can the regulator cast its net wider?
Analysis: Member-nominated trustees' level of familiarity with the Pensions Regulator's expectations varies significantly from scheme to scheme, so how can the commitment and understanding shown by some boards be extended across the pensions universe?
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OpinionShould your DC scheme move to a mastertrust?
It is no secret that mastertrusts have been steadily increasing in popularity over the past few years, but are they the right solution for your scheme?
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News
Auto-enrolment strikes a chord with small businesses
Small and micro employers are finding auto-enrolment less costly and time-consuming than they had anticipated, research by the Department for Work and Pensions has found.
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FeaturesNottinghamshire to create portals for improved admin
The Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund is implementing portals for both employers and members as part of a push to improve administration across the scheme.
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OpinionWe need to talk about PPF drift
The Pension Protection Fund, the lifeboat for failed defined benefit pension schemes, is facing a looming iceberg known as ‘PPF drift’. What is this phenomenon, and how do we tackle it?
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Opinion
How to monitor the effectiveness of your trustee board
The launch of the Pensions Regulator’s 21 century trusteeship campaign marks a significant step forward in the level of and approach to the regulator’s engagement with pension schemes on governance and trusteeship.
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Opinion
Are the days of the lay trustee numbered?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: For all that is made of the asymmetry of knowledge in the trust-based pension system, anecdotes abound of times when lay trustees have proved their worth.
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Features
How will regulation need to change to be fit for the 21st century?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: When the world’s first funded occupational pension plan appeared towards the end of the 16th century in the form of a large iron chest, its success was short-lived.
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OpinionIn need of repair
Editorial: News that the Work and Pensions Committee will scrutinise the effects of the pension freedoms cannot have surprised many.
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OpinionA spotlight on employer restructuring
A strong sponsoring employer is the best protection for defined benefit pension schemes, but in extreme circumstances, where an organisation faces a serious risk of insolvency, this support may no longer be available.
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News
TPR campaign outlines governance basics
The Pensions Regulator has launched a new campaign directed at trustees and their advisers, as part of a wider push to raise governance standards, but experts say its success relies on collaboration and engagement from all stakeholders.
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NewsRestructuring professionals call for TPR-PPF merger
The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund should be combined into one streamlined entity and be open to restructuring deals involving pensions where insolvency is not imminent within 12 months, according to restructuring professionals.
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NewsOxfordshire referred to TPR for a second time
The Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund has received a second referral to the Pensions Regulator after it failed to submit its annual benefit statements on time.
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News
Scams continue to be a threat to members' savings
One in 12 transfers may have been subject to fraudulent activity, a new report has found. The figure has fallen from last year’s corresponding study, which found potential scams in as many as one in nine cases.
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OpinionTaking action to tackle gaps in scheme governance
Earlier this year, we commissioned two surveys to gauge how pension schemes are meeting our expectations, and to explore the barriers they face.
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OpinionHow contingent assets can benefit schemes
Trustees need to ensure schemes have enough money to pay pensions now and in the future, but for business reasons, employers may not want to tie up their money in the scheme.
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OpinionWas the financial crisis all bad news for pensions?
From the blog: Ten years on from the financial crisis, we are only now seeing the full implications for pensions. It seems a bleak picture. With gilt yields remaining at historic lows, many schemes have seen deficits and contribution requirements balloon.