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Old British Steel scheme completes £2bn buy-in with PIC
Old British Steel scheme completes £2bn buy-in with PIC

The Old British Steel Pension Scheme (OBSPS) has agreed a £2bn full buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), one step closer to exiting Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 22 October 2020
Trustees told to step up as FCA contingent charging ban takes effect
Trustees told to step up as FCA contingent charging ban takes effect

Trustees are set to have an increased duty of care to ensure employees and members make informed choices when accessing their pension, according to Wealth At Work.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 September 2020
PFS warns of post-lockdown pension transfer request 'spike'
PFS warns of post-lockdown pension transfer request 'spike'

A potential surge in pension transfer requests as a result of the economic fallout from lockdown could see demand for advice rocket, putting increased pressure on the profession, the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has warned.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 September 2020
Ombudsman rejects complaints against British Steel trustees
Ombudsman rejects complaints against British Steel trustees

The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has rejected a number of complaints from members of the embattled and collapsed British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 January 2020
What pensions restructuring challenges have arisen over the past year?
What pensions restructuring challenges have arisen over the past year?

Taylor Wessing has published a report gauging industry views on challenges associated with pensions restructuring. Kim Kaveh explores the findings

  • Industry
  • 12 December 2019
DB trustees urged to engage with advisers to avoid 'reputational damage'
DB trustees urged to engage with advisers to avoid 'reputational damage'

Pension scheme trustees should actively engage financial advisers if members are looking to transfer out of their defined benefit arrangements and washing their hands of the process does not eliminate risk, a study has found.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 December 2019
British Steel staff positive on Chinese buyout plans after pension collapse
British Steel staff positive on Chinese buyout plans after pension collapse

A lifeline for British Steel in the form of a Chinese buyout would have positive implications for its workers caught up in its defined benefit (DB) pension transfer scheme saga.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 11 November 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included TPT Retirement Solutions consolidating the £30m Hinckley and Rugby Building Society's defined benefit scheme, and Guy Opperman becoming the second-longest serving pensions minister.

  • Industry
  • 10 May 2019
British Steel adviser now linked to Trinity Mirror pension scheme members
British Steel adviser now linked to Trinity Mirror pension scheme members

British Steel financial adviser and former managing director of Active Wealth UK Darren Reynolds advised a group of people from the Trinity Mirror pension scheme to transfer out of their defined benefit (DB) pensions.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 May 2019
Dashboards 'need legal duty' to put savers' interests first
Dashboards 'need legal duty' to put savers' interests first

Savers could be at risk if no legal duty to put their interests first is placed on commercial pensions dashboards, The People's Pension has warned.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 28 January 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories were the British Steel review concluding that trustees "need professional help" on communications, and Smart Pension absorbing £12.5m Corporate Pensions Trust.

  • Industry
  • 25 January 2019
PPF's funding ratio rises to 122.8% despite challenging year
PPF's funding ratio rises to 122.8% despite challenging year

The Pension Protection Fund has seen its funding level improve by 1.2 percentage points, after enjoying above target returns in a year when it took on pension schemes of big corporates like Carillion.

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  • 13 July 2018
TPR estimates 100,000 DB transfers in 2017/18
TPR estimates 100,000 DB transfers in 2017/18

Some 100,000 defined benefit (DB) transfers took place in the 2017/18 financial year, according to estimates by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 11 May 2018
New BSPS 'up and running' for over 80,000 members
New BSPS 'up and running' for over 80,000 members

Steelworkers are set to receive their first payments today from the new British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS), which is now in full operation for over 80,000 employees.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 March 2018
Melrose pledges £1bn to GKN schemes as part of final offer
Melrose pledges £1bn to GKN schemes as part of final offer

Melrose has pledged to contribute up to £1bn to GKN's pension schemes as part of a final offer to acquire the engineering business.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 19 March 2018
TPR 'right' to name and shame non-compliant AE schemes
TPR 'right' to name and shame non-compliant AE schemes

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has taken the right approach by naming and shaming schemes that fail to meet their obligations under auto-enrolment (AE), according to this week's Pensions Buzz survey.

  • Industry
  • 23 February 2018
Have your say: Is TPR right to name and shame non-compliant schemes?
Have your say: Is TPR right to name and shame non-compliant schemes?

In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know if The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is taking the right approach by naming and shaming schemes which breach their auto-enrolment (AE) duties.

  • Industry
  • 20 February 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator naming schemes and trustees for chair's statements failures, and coverage of the final day of the Box Clever case in the Upper Tribunal.

  • Industry
  • 16 February 2018
WPC urges FCA to ban contingent charging for pensions transfer advice
WPC urges FCA to ban contingent charging for pensions transfer advice

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has urged the FCA to ban the use of contingent charging for pension transfer advice in its latest report into the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 February 2018
Steelworkers left to fend for themselves 'while Rome burns', Field's committee says
Steelworkers left to fend for themselves 'while Rome burns', Field's committee says

Ensuring British Steel workers were well-equipped to make a decision on their future pension provision was "afforded insufficient priority", and the regulator now needs to review the process, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has said.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 February 2018
Pensions Ombudsman investigating 150 British Steel complaints
Pensions Ombudsman investigating 150 British Steel complaints

The Pensions Ombudsman is investigating a group of more than 150 complaints about transfer values from British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members.

  • Regulation
  • 09 February 2018
Thousands of steelworkers to fall into PPF after failing to return paperwork
Thousands of steelworkers to fall into PPF after failing to return paperwork

More than 25,000 steelworkers did not return their 'options forms' and as a consequence will remain in the current British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) for now, to move into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) at the end of March.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 30 January 2018
Of Steel, Freedom and Choice
Of Steel, Freedom and Choice

Andrew Warwick-Thompson says in Port Talbot we are witnessing the detrimental impact of extending Freedom and Choice to DB schemes

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 December 2017
Field seeks assurances on protecting British Steel members
Field seeks assurances on protecting British Steel members

Frank Field MP has written to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) seeking information about how members' benefits will be safeguarded in the new British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 September 2017
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