Sackers

Members of the Work and Pensions Select Committee are going on a fact-finding mission to Brussels next week following the publication of the EU green paper on pensions.

DLA Piper partner Ben Miller introduces this month's legal panel: The Independent Public Service Pensions Commission's interim report prepared by Lord Hutton, which was issued in October 2010, states that defined benefit (DB) schemes raise substantial...

Defined benefit schemes are in danger of prejudicing their eligibility for the PPF by compromising their debts when they wind up, lawyers have warned.

Long promised disclosure regulations covering electronic communication will come into force on 1 December, a lawyer says.

The Pensions Regulator has issued guidance to trustees on potential employer related investment breaches.

Simmons & Simmons partner Monica Ma introduces this month's legal panel

The EMI Group has narrowly avoided a hearing before The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel after agreeing a £197m funding deal with the scheme trustee.

Trustees now have a further five years to act on legal requirements under section 251 of the Pensions Act 2004, the department for work and pensions confirms.

Amended legislation bringing the UK into line with Europe means trustees must monitor all collective investments to adhere to strict sponsor investment rules.

The Pensions Regulator's draft trustee guidance on covenant assessment is a "missed opportunity", Sackers says.