The Pensions Regulator

Regulator will focus more on governance-related activities than providing full disclosures

Move comes as the FCA faces a Treasury Select Committee intervention on regulatory culture

Willis Towers Watson governance guide also suggests flexible resources and technology

Kate Smith looks at how trustees can find an appropriate comparator scheme and decide their next actions

Concerns over criminal powers unnecessary, with use to be a ‘very significant deterrent’

Jacqui Woodward says small schemes may struggle to deal with the myriad issues highlighted in TPR’s annual update.

The dynamics of pension scheme cashflows change, and can change rapidly, David Fairs says.

Industry feedback on the contentious ‘employer resources test’ (ERT) is unlikely to significantly shift The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) approach to issuing contribution notices, it says.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes must stay alive to heightening risks to funding from sponsor covenants, climate change and longevity experience, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

Trustees have been warned to keep an eye on weakening employer covenants even after a positive aggregate funding experience in the last three years as myriad funding and investment issues pose risks to defined benefit (DB) schemes.