All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 70
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News
Regulator fleshes out compliance approach to public sector
The Pensions Regulator has released details of its compliance and enforcement policy for public service schemes, after taking on oversight of more than 200 plans from April.
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Regulator issues third contribution notice for CWL fund
The Pensions Regulator has issued a contribution notice to an individual in relation to the Carrington Wire pension scheme, but experts warn the amounts recouped will not match the benefits previously promised to members.
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Funding statement underscores integrated risk management ethos
The Pensions Regulator has endorsed an integrated approach to risk management in its first annual funding statement since the publication of the revised code of practice for defined benefit scheme funding.
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Opinion
How do you run a trustee election?
Following a largely unexpected result last week, the United Kingdom has a team in place to try and steer the country towards greater prosperity, opportunity and fairness (we hope).
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Opinion
How DB plans with AVCs are affected by the reforms
The new pension flexibilities which came into force on April 6 apply as much to money purchase additional voluntary contributions in defined benefit schemes as they do to pure defined contribution schemes.
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News
How to get the best for your scheme in M&As
Any Other Business: Last week, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced plans to buy rival BG Group for £47bn and is widely predicted to be the first in a swath of deals across the sector.
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News
Smaller employers begin to see wider advantages of AE, challenges remain
More than half of small businesses have a positive view of auto-enrolment once they complete the staging process, research has shown, but experts say navigating its complexities will continue to burden many employers.
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Opinion
Educating your members on the risk of freedom
Analysis: In the 1998 film Armageddon, while battling G-force in a shuttle around the moon, hero AJ Frost asks: “Is this supposed to be like this?”
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Electrocomponents reboots recovery plan to quell DB deficit
An electronics company pension scheme has agreed a new recovery plan and increased member contributions as its deficit more than doubled in an 18-month period, in part due to longevity risks.
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OpinionLooking through the lens of the regulatory telescope
Following last week's update to the Pensions Regulator's three-year corporate plan, here is a brief stock-take of what the world appears to look like through the lens of the regulatory telescope.
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News
Schemes risk regulatory intervention as AE non-compliance to rise
Compliance notices issued to auto-enrolling schemes will rise, the Pensions Regulator has said, as the watchdog detailed its new three-year strategy within a revised lower budget.
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Opinion
Six steps to manage a rise in DB-DC transfer requests
While the pension flexibilities do not apply directly to individuals with defined benefit pensions, members do have the option to transfer their benefits to a defined contribution arrangement.
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Opinion
Regulator: 11 steps for smaller employers readying for AE
The Pensions Regulator has this week launched a new step-by-step guide to help small businesses prepare for their auto-enrolment duties.
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News
Committee compels next government to consolidate pension oversight
The Work and Pensions Committee has this week called for a dramatic overhaul of the industry’s current regulatory frameworks.
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News
Why the regulator will not publish a definitive list of AE schemes
The industry has given a mixed response to the Pensions Regulator’s decision not to publish a list of auto-enrolment schemes available to smaller employers, with some suggesting it could do more.
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Opinion
Finding the right ratio of stick to carrot in pensions regulation
It is an oft-repeated but welcome mantra from the Pensions Regulator that its approach to regulation is based firmly around “educate, enable and enforce”.
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News
Regulator reassures on DB-DC transfers but capacity crunch predicted
The industry has welcomed the pensions watchdog’s clarification on trustees’ duties around the new flexibilities, but some are concerned scheme administrators will face capacity issues around rising transfer value requests.
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OpinionEditorial: Adding pages to the rulebook
"Clearer, perhaps tougher... governance is not automatically more effective," wrote Richard Butcher in last week's Informed Comment. Bad decisions can still be made within a decent structure.
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News
AE concerns grow as non-compliance jumps
Consultants have called for increased efforts to break down the complexities of auto-enrolment for smaller employers as data from the Regulator revealed a sharp increase in non-compliance actions in the final three months of last year.
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News
What the regulator's £8.5m Carrington Wire deal means for your scheme
The Pensions Regulator has settled with two linked Russian companies for £8.5m over their UK pension fund obligations, prompting calls for trustees to re-examine covenant agreements.