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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

      • Date: 04 Mar 2021
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      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

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      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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PLSA: Most pension tax reforms will leave things worse and schemes at risk
PLSA: Most pension tax reforms will leave things worse and schemes at risk

Most reform options for pension tax will leave many savers with smaller pots and cause substantially more costs for schemes and employers, says the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).

  • Industry
  • 25 February 2021
Nigel Peaple: Pushing for the right outcomes
Nigel Peaple: Pushing for the right outcomes

The PLSA’s director of policy and advocacy sets out how he keeps track and gets ahead of pensions issues without being stuck behind a mountain of paper.

  • Industry
  • 04 February 2021
Think tank floats Aviva-backed lower income-focused retirement target framework
Think tank floats Aviva-backed lower income-focused retirement target framework

A pension benchmark for future living standards is necessary and feasible if enough attention is given to formulating an accreditation that will work for both employers and employees, the Resolution Foundation says.

  • Industry
  • 25 January 2021
PLSA calls for Pension Schemes Bill amendments; Says TPR powers 'cast net too wide'
PLSA calls for Pension Schemes Bill amendments; Says TPR powers 'cast net too wide'

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill to ensure new regulatory powers do not unintentionally prevent schemes from taking action in members’ interests.

  • Industry
  • 27 October 2020
Solution-focused schemes will bring dashboards to life
Solution-focused schemes will bring dashboards to life

While the dashboard timeline needs to be flexible enough to help the least well-prepared schemes get ready, Nigel Peaple says schemes are being constructive and solution-focused.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 28 August 2020
Dashboard data compliance confidence among schemes high
Dashboard data compliance confidence among schemes high

Three quarters of pension schemes believe they will be ready to join the pensions dashboard if they have two years to prepare, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) finds.

  • Industry
  • 28 August 2020
Dashboards won't be easy but they will revolutionise pensions understanding
Dashboards won't be easy but they will revolutionise pensions understanding

Getting data ready and providing estimated retirement incomes may be difficult, but the industry must do its best to make dashboards a reality, says Nigel Peaple

  • Admin / Technology
  • 06 July 2020
Dashboard data call for input launched as schemes urged to get 'on the front foot'
Dashboard data call for input launched as schemes urged to get 'on the front foot'

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has launched a formal call for input, seeking industry views on data standards for the initial dashboards.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 06 July 2020
PLSA urges government to amend Insolvency Bill to avoid 'serious consequences' for schemes
PLSA urges government to amend Insolvency Bill to avoid 'serious consequences' for schemes

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has written to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to express its concerns over the potential impact of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill on schemes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 June 2020
Seven pension bodies team up to reassure savers over Covid-19 concerns
Seven pension bodies team up to reassure savers over Covid-19 concerns

Seven bodies with responsibility for protecting UK pension savers’ pots have joined forces to create an information guide to reassure scheme members amid concern about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on financial wellbeing in the UK.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 May 2020
Maps flags Covid-19 implications for pensions dashboard launch
Maps flags Covid-19 implications for pensions dashboard launch

The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has published its first full report on progress on the pensions dashboard so far and has flagged “significant” delivery challenges in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Industry
  • 08 April 2020
Government withdraws 10% general levy increase
Government withdraws 10% general levy increase

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cancelled a planned rise to the general levy amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 March 2020
Most workers are unaware of pension pot size
Most workers are unaware of pension pot size

More than half (54%) of workers do not know the size of their pension pots, according to research by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).

  • Investment
  • 06 February 2020
PLSA welcomes 'legislative clarity' on pension schemes bill
PLSA welcomes 'legislative clarity' on pension schemes bill

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has welcomed the reintroduction of the pension schemes bill, after the government reaffirmed the details in the reopening of parliament this week.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 09 January 2020
Conservatives commit to review of taper and net-pay issues
Conservatives commit to review of taper and net-pay issues

The Conservative party will hold reviews of the tapered annual allowance and net-pay schemes if it is elected back into government, it has said.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 25 November 2019
Spend money on data to make dashboard beneficial, says industry
Spend money on data to make dashboard beneficial, says industry

The industry needs to spend a significant amount of money on data and administration to make the dashboard worthwhile, according to pension professionals.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 18 October 2019
Retirement living standards will help savers picture their future
Retirement living standards will help savers picture their future

The retirement living standards must be widely adopted by schemes to help millions of savers truly understand how to achieve the retirement lifestyle they desire, says Nigel Peaple.

  • Industry
  • 17 October 2019
MAPS establishes steering group with ten members to take dashboards forward
MAPS establishes steering group with ten members to take dashboards forward

The Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has made ten appointments across the pensions and wider financial sector to work on the practicalities of establishing pensions dashboards.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 25 September 2019
PLSA invites PQM applications and announces committee members
PLSA invites PQM applications and announces committee members

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is inviting applications for its Pension Quality Mark (PQM), after making changes to the minimum requirements.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 02 July 2019
Minimum AE contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030
Minimum AE contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030

Auto-enrolment (AE) minimum contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030, with a 50/50 split between employer and employee, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2019
PPI appoints seven governors
PPI appoints seven governors

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has appointed seven further governors to join over 100 already in post.

  • Appointments
  • 01 May 2019
PLSA policy board sets inaugural priorities; addresses consolidation challenges
PLSA policy board sets inaugural priorities; addresses consolidation challenges

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board has agreed a four-year plan focusing on consolidation, adequate contributions, effective management and well-run schemes.

  • Industry
  • 04 April 2019
Industry welcomes dashboard feasibility report but strong governance 'essential'
Industry welcomes dashboard feasibility report but strong governance 'essential'

The industry has welcomed the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) feasibility report into the pensions dashboard as a move towards improving member outcomes.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 05 December 2018
DWP must compel use of cost transparency templates in pensions bill, MPs told
DWP must compel use of cost transparency templates in pensions bill, MPs told

A pensions bill expected next year must include law to require schemes to collect, publish and analyse cost transparency data from their asset managers, MPs have been told.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 December 2018
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