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      This webinar will help trustees and pension managers look at the challenges facing open DB schemes, specifically looking at the issues they could face as a result of The Pension Regulator’s new Funding Code of Practice and asking how this could affect the affordability of benefits, future service contributions, investment strategy and benefit design.

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Obscurity in TPR criminal sanctions guidance makes industry anxious
Obscurity in TPR criminal sanctions guidance makes industry anxious

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has failed to assuage concerns over its enhanced criminal sanctions regime with the industry continuing to call for clarity.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 April 2021
A landmark moment for pension scheme regulation
A landmark moment for pension scheme regulation

Matthew Swynnerton explores the impacts of the Pension Schemes Act 2021

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 April 2021
What TPR's reports tell us about pre-pack deals
What TPR's reports tell us about pre-pack deals

Luke Hartley looks at recent cases involving House of Fraser, Silentnight and Johnston Press

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 April 2021
TPR's new criminal offences - how much has really changed?
TPR's new criminal offences - how much has really changed?

Geoff Egerton looks at how the criminal sanctions regime will impact the pensions industry

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 April 2021
Three in court in connection with £14m pension fraud
Three in court in connection with £14m pension fraud

Three people have appeared in court in connection with an investigation into pension fraud totalling nearly £14m.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 April 2021
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included Isio’s first financial results, while the Association of British Insurers insured 191 members’ benefits in a £26m buy-in with Aviva.

  • Industry
  • 09 April 2021
Investigating and prosecuting: TPR's draft policy to the rescue?
Investigating and prosecuting: TPR's draft policy to the rescue?

Clive Weber explores how the recent draft policy on new criminal sanctions explains TPR's future approach.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 April 2021
TPR climate strategy targets trustee regulatory compliance
TPR climate strategy targets trustee regulatory compliance

Guidance to help trustees comply with climate disclosure rules will also call on them to “act now” to protect pension savers from climate risk, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

  • Regulation
  • 07 April 2021
PPF raises fraud compensation fund levy to maximum allowed level
PPF raises fraud compensation fund levy to maximum allowed level

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed its fraud compensation fund (FCF) needs to raise a levy of 75p per member, and 30p for master trusts in 2021/2022 — the maximum allowed under current regulations.

  • Industry
  • 06 April 2021
PP Monthly Digest: March 2021
PP Monthly Digest: March 2021

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2021
TPR data reveals further consolidation in occupational DC market
TPR data reveals further consolidation in occupational DC market

The occupational defined contribution (DC) market consolidated further in 2020 with the number of trust-based plans falling substantially during the year, latest data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 31 March 2021
WPC calls for 'quick and decisive' action to prevent pension scams
WPC calls for 'quick and decisive' action to prevent pension scams

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has urged the government and regulators to “act quickly and decisively” to protect pension savers from scams.

  • Industry
  • 29 March 2021
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include the government’s renewed focus on superfunds and Smart Pension’s commitment of £100m to a defined contribution private market default strategy.

  • Industry
  • 26 March 2021
New climate strategy for TPR will focus on trustee support
New climate strategy for TPR will focus on trustee support

A climate strategy for The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to be announced in the coming weeks which will support trustees as they carry out work to meet the new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements.

  • Investment
  • 26 March 2021
TPR publishes policy statement on settlements
TPR publishes policy statement on settlements

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its settlement policy — setting out its approach for negotiating and concluding settlements of its regulatory or civil enforcement action.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 March 2021
TPR: Increasing number of firms to look to consolidators and superfunds as funding improves
TPR: Increasing number of firms to look to consolidators and superfunds as funding improves

Companies are increasingly looking to consolidators, superfunds and other sophisticated financial structures to help remove their defined benefit (DB) liabilities, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 25 March 2021
TPR warns pension schemes to step up scam reporting
TPR warns pension schemes to step up scam reporting

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has called on the pensions industry to step up to stop scammers following a “concerning” long-term drop in reporting.

  • Industry
  • 25 March 2021
Pensions fraud suspect extradited to UK in TPR first
Pensions fraud suspect extradited to UK in TPR first

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has secured the extradition of a suspected fraudster following engagement with the Metropolitan Police.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 22 March 2021
DWP opens consultations on TPR powers, DC investments and charge cap barriers
DWP opens consultations on TPR powers, DC investments and charge cap barriers

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking views on two sets of regulations concerning The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) powers, as well as on measures to allow defined contribution (DC) schemes to invest more easily in a broader range of asset...

  • Regulation
  • 19 March 2021
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include Axa’s deferred longevity swap with Hannover Re, and Capita’s restructuring plans for simplifying the business.

  • Industry
  • 19 March 2021
Current pension cybercrime situation 'not a pretty picture' as attacks almost double during Covid
Current pension cybercrime situation 'not a pretty picture' as attacks almost double during Covid

The current situation of cybercrime in the pensions industry is a growing concern, with attacks almost doubling during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to industry experts.

  • Industry
  • 17 March 2021
TPR consults on 149-page single code of practice
TPR consults on 149-page single code of practice

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a consultation on amalgamating ten of its 15 codes of practice into a single 149-page document.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 March 2021
TPR landscape report reveals continuing decline in DB scheme numbers
TPR landscape report reveals continuing decline in DB scheme numbers

The number of defined benefit (DB) schemes open to new members of future accrual fell again over the past year, continuing the long-term trend to scheme closure and wind-up, latest data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 16 March 2021
TPR launches consultation on criminal sanctions policy
TPR launches consultation on criminal sanctions policy

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a consultation on how it plans to use new criminal powers to investigate and prosecute those who commit criminal offences.

  • Industry
  • 11 March 2021
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