TPR

The regulator has granted extensions to 11 master trusts. Kim Brown explains why this is a positive move.

Some 36% of trustees and pension directors are reconsidering the way they offer pension benefits in light of master trust authorisation, according to LifeSight.

Smart Pension has submitted its master trust authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), joining at least 14 other master trusts awaiting response.

Accreditation will reduce the number of sole-trader professional trustees, this week's Pensions Buzz respondents say.

This week's top stories included warnings that defined benefit (DB) transfers could become more difficult for trustees to process after regulatory register changes.

National Pension Trust (NPT) has submitted its master trust authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), joining 12 other master trusts awaiting response.

The government will proceed with a range of changes to the investment consultant and fiduciary management markets as recommended by a major competition review.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will not conduct any further investigation into Johnston Press after its defined benefit (DB) scheme was pushed into Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment last year.

The 'Money and Pensions Service' is an appropriate new name for the Single Financial Guidance Body, this week's Pensions Buzz respondents say.

TPT Retirement Solutions has submitted its master trust authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), joining 11 other master trusts who are awaiting a response.