All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles – Page 73
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Features
Half of schemes lack trustee training plan, survey finds
Two employers have explained how they make sure trustees are regularly trained, after a Pensions Regulator survey shows half of schemes do not have a training plan.
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News
Regulator considers stringent testing for indy trustees to raise standards
The Pensions Regulator is considering requiring formal qualifications for independent trustees and trustee chairs, in order to raise governance standards, its executive director told delegates at Wednesday’s conference.
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Features
Mastertrusts call for governance standards to be made mandatory
Two of the country's largest mastertrusts have called for a legal standard to raise the barriers to entry for providers, as the industry evaluates the Pensions Regulator's assurance framework.
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Features
LPFA reports doubling in employers needing covenant review
The London Pensions Fund Authority’s risk-based approach to setting contribution rates has identified around twice the number of employers that may need to provide greater solvency guarantees after its recent valuation.
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Opinion
Final mastertrust assurance framework released: key points
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Pensions Regulator have today released their final mastertrust assurance framework, including reducing the number and detail of control objectives to reduce burden on providers.
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Features
NESPF automates employer data submission to plug gaps
North East Scotland Pension Fund is working towards implementing a fully automated process for employers submitting member data, after narrowly failing to hit all the Pensions Regulator’s targets for common data accuracy.
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Features
Regulator reports sharp rise in non-compliance as AE expands
The number of employers failing to comply with their auto-enrolment duties over two months to March 25 nearly matched figures for the entirety of 2013, as the amount of organisations auto-enrolling ramps up.
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FeaturesLafarge doubles contributions to cut deficit
Building materials manufacturer Lafarge has more than doubled its contributions to its UK pension fund after scheme and sponsor negotiated a beefed-up recovery plan to tackle the funding deficit.
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News
Charge cap consultation ramps up governance, weakens employers
News analysis: Defined contribution scheme representatives will see governance responsibilities increase after the pensions minister announces further reforms to ensure members get value – with a backdrop of industry debate on the charges cap.
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Features
SME achieves almost zero opt-outs after enrolling early
Chartered surveyor Dalcour Maclaren has secured a virtually entire take-up of its defined contribution plan since it auto-enrolled its small workforce last year, and now the company is looking to streamline administration of the scheme.
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Opinion
Regulator: our call to AE action
Drawing all sorts of football/pensions analogies proved irresistible last week, when the Department for Work and Pensions and the Pensions Regulator announced that the three millionth worker to be auto-enrolled was an employee of West Ham United.
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Features
AE non-compliance expected to increase as SMEs stage
News analysis: Consultants have urged employers auto-enrolling this year to ensure they are dedicating enough resources to the process, with the Pensions Regulator raising concerns about non-compliance.
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Opinion
Why the reg's DC code is near impossible for lay trustees
The Pensions Regulator's defined contribution code was published in November 2013 and applies to trustees of all occupational DC trust-based pension schemes with two or more members. It also covers additional voluntary contributions in defined benefit trust-based schemes.
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News
Diageo: CDC could help overcome lack of member knowledge
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Collective defined contribution could be a way forward for schemes trying to "give members what they want" and avoid burdening them with decisions, said Diageo's director of pensions.
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News
Education key as employers stretch to reach pension goals
News analysis: Companies need to better educate staff to encourage responsibility for pension saving, as research has highlighted a misalignment between employers’ goals and the outcomes of their defined contribution plans.
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News
Isle of Wight bolsters governance ahead of LGPS reform
Isle of Wight Pension Fund has identified areas ripe for improvement in its governance, including more frequent funding monitoring, as local government schemes brace for next year's reforms to the sector.
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Opinion
How to build your risk committee
As more defined benefit schemes follow a derisking plan towards their end point, monitoring and managing risk grows ever more important.
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News
Regulator's DC self-assessment tool gets cautious welcome
Industry figures have welcomed the governance 'nudge' provided by the Pensions Regulator's self-assessment tools, but questioned whether schemes can hold themselves to account.
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News
How the pension fraud action group will tackle scam increase
The Pension Liberation Industry Group will develop a code of practice on pension transfers to protect trustees, as liberation schemes find new ways of targeting members.
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News
Only seven in 10 DC members use the default
Data analysis: Fewer defined contribution members than expected are invested in default funds, new figures have shown, but experts anticipate this to increase as auto-enrolment continues to roll out.