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Balancing speed and security is key to DB transfers
Balancing speed and security is key to DB transfers

More needs to be done to speed up DB to DC transfers but, as Jonathan Stapleton says, more also needs to be done to protect members.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 19 July 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included Tom McPhail calling on occupational pension schemes to get involved in a working group attempting to reduce delays in transfers.

  • Industry
  • 11 August 2017
Occupational pensions worst for transfer delays yet failing to help find solutions
Occupational pensions worst for transfer delays yet failing to help find solutions

Occupational schemes and their administrators are lagging behind in their involvement in an industry-wide discussion on slashing transfer delays, Tom McPhail has said.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 August 2017
FTSE350 deficits rise 50% in 5 years despite £75bn contributions
FTSE350 deficits rise 50% in 5 years despite £75bn contributions

Defined benefit (DB) deficits at FTSE350 companies have swelled by £34bn since 2010 despite £15bn being paid into them annually.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 August 2016
No blanket ban on DB transfers, says industry
No blanket ban on DB transfers, says industry

The government should not impose a blanket ban on members transferring their defined benefit (DB) funds, according to an overwhelming 90% of Pensions Buzz respondents.

  • Industry
  • 05 August 2016
Can British Steel pensions be saved without cuts?
Can British Steel pensions be saved without cuts?

Financier Edmund Truell believes he can protect British Steel benefits. Michael Klimes examines the details

  • Defined Benefit
  • 15 July 2016
TPR acts on governance failings in London Quantum scheme
TPR acts on governance failings in London Quantum scheme

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has given fresh warnings about pension liberation as it takes action to protect members in the London Quantum Retirement Benefit Scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 July 2016
BT to pilot advice service for DB members
BT to pilot advice service for DB members

BT will soon roll out a trial advice offering for its active defined benefit (DB) members to help them make more informed choices.

  • Communication
  • 23 June 2016
Industry rejects time limit on DB recovery plans
Industry rejects time limit on DB recovery plans

Majority of respondents urge against introducing mandatory time limit on recovery plans according to PP research.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 26 May 2016
Pensions dashboard should be hosted on multiple sites, working group recommends
Pensions dashboard should be hosted on multiple sites, working group recommends

Dashboard will be implemented by 2019

  • Admin / Technology
  • 26 May 2016
Have your say: should there be time limits on DB recovery plans?
Have your say: should there be time limits on DB recovery plans?

In this week's Pensions Buzz we want to know if there should be a mandatory limit on recovery plans for DB schemes and how long for.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 May 2016
McPhail: transfer pensions in seven days like bank accounts
McPhail: transfer pensions in seven days like bank accounts

Pension transfers should take no more than seven days between providers according to Tom McPhail.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 19 May 2016
One year on: how freedom and choice is changing pensions
One year on: how freedom and choice is changing pensions

Freedom and choice is producing unexpected results across DB and DC schemes

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 March 2016
Will High Court ruling against Royal London open floodgates for liberation scams?
Will High Court ruling against Royal London open floodgates for liberation scams?

The landmark ruling could put trustees in a very difficult position and endanger members

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 February 2016
Five stories you may have missed: tax relief predictions; blocked pension transfers; UK Pension Awards
Five stories you may have missed: tax relief predictions; blocked pension transfers; UK Pension Awards

The biggest stories on PP this week include Webb accusing Osborne of "daylight robbery" and the shortlist for the UK Pension Awards 2016. Here are the top five.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 February 2016
NAO: Poor process and lack of resources explain civil service pension delay
NAO: Poor process and lack of resources explain civil service pension delay

A series of system and communication errors led to delayed pension payments to civil servants after administration was moved to MyCSP, a National Audit Office (NAO) report says.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 11 February 2016
Treasury's action plan to tackle transfer issues and high exit fees
Treasury's action plan to tackle transfer issues and high exit fees

PP gives a run-down of how the Treasury will act to remove ‘unjustifiable barriers' to people looking to access their pension pots under the pension freedoms.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 February 2016
Working group finds way to speed up pension transfers
Working group finds way to speed up pension transfers

The Common Declarations Working Group has devised an agreed set of words to remove the need for paper-based forms to make pension transfers.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 28 January 2016
APFA calls for pension transfer value 'abolition or radical overhaul'
APFA calls for pension transfer value 'abolition or radical overhaul'

TVA is wrong approach post-pension freedom

  • Defined Benefit
  • 05 January 2016
DB transfers double since January

The number of people transferring out of defined benefit (DB) schemes each month doubled over the last year, according to figures from Xafinity.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 December 2015
DB to DC transfer enquiries double in just one month

Almost one in eight calls to Fidelity's Retirement Service in October was from people enquiring about how to use their defined benefit (DB) pots following the April pension freedoms.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 November 2015
Safe harbour ruling: What pension schemes need to know

A European ruling could force trustees to take radical action on how they transfer member data finds Michael Klimes

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 October 2015
DB schemes' 'slow' response time delaying pension transfers

DB schemes take 'up to three months' to respond

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 October 2015
The top five items for DC trustees' agendas

Emma Martin highlights the top five issues for trustees of defined contribution schemes.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 23 September 2015
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