Regulator to review funding code of practice
The Pensions Regulator is set to review its regulatory code of practice on scheme funding later this year, PP has learned.
TPR said it expected to carry out an informal dialogue with stakeholders to get an "early indication" on how to revise the code, which has remained unchanged since it came into force in February 2006....
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