SPP urges TPR to reduce scheme burden over DB statements of strategy

Society says some areas of TPR’s consultation will be ‘challenging’ and ‘costly’ for schemes

Martin Richmond
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SPP urges TPR to reduce scheme burden over DB statements of strategy

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has called on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to lessen the burden on defined benefit (DB) schemes over its statement of strategy proposals.

The regulator's consultation, which was published last month and closes for comments on 16 April, set out its approach to the statements of strategy, including the proposed form of the document and...

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