All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 63

  • News

    TPR launches enforcement action over BHS scheme

    2016-11-04T00:00:00Z

    The Pensions Regulator has launched enforcement action against former BHS owners Sir Philip Green and Dominic Chappell in an effort to shore up financial support for the company's troubled pension scheme.

  • News

    Is it time to stop worrying about deficits?

    2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Rising yields mean UK pension deficits are finally shrinking again, according to several industry monitoring systems, but is the defined benefit sector spending too much time concentrating on shortfalls?

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    News

    Will tribunal judgment force Uber to auto-enrol its drivers?

    2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Two Uber drivers have been deemed workers who are employed by the taxi app, in a tribunal judgment released last week that could set a precedent for the auto-enrolment of gig economy workers.

  • Features

    Increased contributions for BA scheme rewarded by investors

    2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The trustees of the New Airways Pension Scheme have agreed a new funding arrangement with sponsor British Airways, a move that saw share prices in BA’s parent company International Airlines Group soar by more than 5 per cent on Wednesday.

  • News

    TPR uses powers to stamp out non-compliance and avoidance issues

    2016-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The Pensions Regulator has continued to demonstrate its tougher approach by fining trustees for non-compliance.

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    News

    CBI requests reforms to ease DB burden on businesses

    2016-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The Confederation of British Industry has called for a number of reforms to help tackle the problem of pension costs for companies, including access to illiquid assets and approaches to measuring deficits. 

  • News

    Schemes are unprepared for data hacking threat

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    PLSA Annual Conference 2016: Schemes must look past the immediate threat of pension liberation scams and stress test their systems against other types of fraud, including cyber crime, according to a panel of experts.

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    Opinion

    The interview: Lesley Titcomb, chief executive of TPR

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    In an interview with Pensions Expert, chief executive of the Pensions Regulator Lesley Titcomb gives her views on why the regulator needs greater powers, where scheme consolidation makes most sense, and why the debate around defined benefit should not be had in isolation.

  • Opinion

    Bringing pension schemes together

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: The efforts made to outdo each other with yet another game, more champagne or an enormous plastic animal at the stand have reached a new level at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Annual Conference this year.

  • News

    Pensions bill boosts mastertrust governance

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Mastertrusts will be subject to new restrictions on governance and financial stability, along with penalties for failure to supply adequate information, under rules set out in the pension schemes bill yesterday.

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    News

    Nortel scheme could avoid PPF after creditor agreement

    2016-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The trustees of the Nortel UK pension scheme edged closer to repairing its deficit last week as they reached a consensus with other stakeholders and creditors on how to divide their insolvent sponsor’s residual assets.

  • News

    TPR and PPF call for muscular regulation

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Both the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund have called for more wide-ranging, interventionist regulation of defined benefit schemes, evidence published by the Work and Pensions Committee has this week shown.

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    Opinion

    How members' mental health issues affect pension schemes

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Any Other Business: Every year 70m working days are lost due to mental health, while a quarter of people consider resigning due to stress, according to the Mental Health Foundation, so how do work-related mental health issues affect pension schemes and employers? 

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    Opinion

    Lifting the curtain on transaction costs

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposals for transaction cost disclosure have been welcomed across the industry, but confusion has crept in over how this will affect trust-based schemes.

  • News

    DC schemes drown in regulatory change and jargon

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Trustees of occupational defined contribution pension schemes are increasingly failing to meet governance requirements due to excessive regulatory change, a panel of industry figures has said.

  • News

    TPR uses lesser-known power to move scheme into the PPF

    2016-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The Pensions Regulator has used its voidable modification powers to move a scheme attached to an insolvent employer into the Pension Protection Fund, it reported this week.

  • Opinion

    Select committee rhetoric sees indexation changes creep closer

    2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

    From the blog: The international day of the older person might not have been as riotous as usual when it took place this Saturday, as private sector pension increases looked more under threat than ever.

  • News

    Select committee inquiry: What should change to safeguard DB?

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    As the deadline for submitting views on defined benefit to the Work and Pensions Committee has passed, experts say there is a need for greater flexibility, potential benefit reductions and increased powers for the Pensions Regulator.

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    News

    Questions surround Bernard Matthews sale as PPF prepares to step in

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Turkey producer Bernard Matthews has gone into administration, with the pension scheme expected to enter the Pension Protection Fund assessment period, but questions remain as to why the scheme was allowed to fail.

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    Opinion

    Lock the door on hackers

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: Would you leave your front door open when you go out? Not if you can help it. Online, it happens a lot.