TPR

The potential loss of scheme flexibility outlined in The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) interim response to its defined benefit (DB) funding code should not be a concern as long as schemes can manage risk, the watchdog said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it will increase the general levy pension rates from April 2021 in line with its preferred option.

Pensions minister Guy Opperman has set out a timetable for secondary legislation to bring Pension Schemes Act provisions into force.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has agreed a settlement in its anti-avoidance case against the current owners of the bed manufacturer Silentnight.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report on the case of jailed former charity for the disabled trustee and chief executive Patrick McLarry.

Enforcement activity carried out by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) between October and December 2020 saw auto-enrolment (AE) powers used on a total of 24,799 occasions, up 8,200 from the instances in Q3.

Dianne Day and Andrew Warwick-Thompson have been appointed as independent directors at workplace savings business Cushon.

The defined contribution (DC) market must pay more attention to climate change, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Con Keating says last week’s Pensions Buzz survey indicates the true feeling of directly affected schemes to The Pensions Regulator’s DB funding code proposals.

The top stories this week included articles on LCP’s warning that trustees will need to be corporate finance experts under new TPR powers, Livingbridge’s sale of Broadstone to Intermediate Capital Group, and the final approval of the Pension Schemes Bill....