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A government failure to update equality legislation means schemes offering bridging pensions might not comply with regulations under the Equality Act ...
We are delighted to announce that ARC has been shortlisted in the Professional Pensions' UK Pensions Awards 2019 for Pension Lawyers of the Year....
We are delighted to announce that we have been highly commended at the Managing Partner Forum Awards for Best Strategy Implementation 2019. ...
We are delighted to announce that Partner Anna Copestake has been shortlisted in Professional Pensions' Women in Pensions Awards 2019....
DWP closed their Consultation on Consolidation of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes on 1 February 2019 and the general thrust of responses to the consul...
Trustees of the £86m Caffyns Pension Scheme have appointed a fiduciary manager to improve the performance of the fund’s assets, leading to a restru...
Specialist pensions law boutique ARC Pensions Law is delighted to announce today the continuation of its rapid expansion with another key hire. Helen ...
We are delighted that Partner Anna Copestake has been shortlisted in the Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards for Adviser of the Year. ...
The government has said that it plans to go ahead with proposals for new criminal offences to prevent and penalise mismanagement of pension schemes, b...
Research from Lincoln Pensions shows that 52% of the respondents expect consolidation to become more frequent, although just 11% are willing to be ear...
The prospect of a new Pensions Bill and tighter regulation ahead means managing pensions risk needs to be a priority for utilities....
ARC generally supports the idea of commercial consolidators but considers the proposals in the DWP consultation have significant gaps in member protec...
Anne-Marie Winton, London Pensions Lawyer, Partner at ARC Pensions Law LLP, examines the pre-pack administration of published Johnston Press, which in...
The Pensions Regulator is introducing greater levels of scrutiny after its decision to allow Kodak to jettison it pension liabilities faced criticism....
The High Court has ruled in a rare instance of a court overturning a decision of The Pensions Ombudsman, whereby Coats' pension scheme members are not...
A case that I am familiar with involved a man in his mid-thirties passing away after having filled his EoW, nominating the two children as potential b...
ARC are delighted to have been shortlisted in the MPF Awards for Best Strategy Implementation 2019. ...
ARC Pensions Law is pleased to announce its shortlisting for Pension Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Pensions Age Awards. ARC has been recognised for...
From the blog: 2018 is set to be a record breaking year in the bulk annuity risk transfer market....
ARC is delighted to have been shortlisted in this year's The Legal 500 UK Awards for the category of specialism of the year....
Utility company Southern Water has agreed to pay significantly higher deficit repair contributions under a shorter recovery period, following an inves...
Jo Cumbo writes in the Financial Times that good news is on the way for millions of members of company retirement schemes who are set to share in an e...
The mist has begun to clear from the recent October 2018 High Court judgment in the Lloyds Bank case, relating to equalisation of guaranteed minimum p...
The Government’s switch in the statutory indices for the revaluation and indexation of occupational pension schemes in 2010 has been the source of m...
Following last month’s landmark High Court ruling on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs), namely that Lloyds Banking Group must equalise some legacy ...
We are pleased to announce that Anna Copestake has been nominated in Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards 2019....
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that children’s charity Barnardo’s can not change the index it uses to protect pensions from inflation. ...
UK company accounts do not adequately explain defined benefit pension risks to investors, says Anne-Marie Winton. As part of its 2017/18 audit quality...
Imperial Brands is looking to discontinue a consultative committee at its Imperial Tobacco Pension Fund. ...
Public sector pensions schemes won't have to change the way they equalise guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) benefits, despite a new court ruling on thi...
In addition to announcing its new “tougher” stance, the Pensions Regulator has said it will take a more proactive approach to smaller schemes’ c...
ARC is pleased to have been ranked once again for pensions in Chambers & Partners....
The High Court ruling on guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation may have said various methods were possible but, in practice, the method that m...
We are pleased to announce that ARC Pensions Law's two offices in London and Leeds have been ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2018 for Pensions (non-content...
Pensions was the unspoken issue in this year’s Budget, despite recent rampant rumours of a big pensions issue being featured....
Robert Walker is to speak at Introduction to UK Pensions about Pensions Law, taking place on 31 October. ...
Lloyds Banking Group must amend its pension schemes in order to equalise benefits for men and women, the High Court has ruled in a landmark case set t...
ARC Pensions Law are pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2018. ...
The pensions industry has recently undergone drastic change. Investment consultancy and management, as well as professional trusteeship, are areas in ...
On 6 September 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided its ruling in Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (PP...
ARC is looking to expand their practice. The firm are actively looking for a Senior Associate for their London office and an NQ / Junior Associate for...
ARC is delighted to report that the firm has won Niche Law Firm at the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2018. ...
British insurer Legal & General has taken on £2.4bn in pension liabilities from Nortel Networks....
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has unveiled a new logo and a new approach, in a paper entitled "Making Workplace Pensions Work"....
For individuals who get taken in by pensions fraudsters the consequences can be devastating. 253 victims reported to Action Fraud in 2017 that they ha...
Senior Partner Anna Rogers is pleased to have been selected to join The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s new Policy Board, which will hav...
A new paper calling for employees to be given information on how to access transfer values, even if they have not asked for it, has reignited the deba...
Workplace pension requirements are a source of confusion for many SMEs. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff i...
A petition urging the UK government not to scrap plans for a pension dashboard may not be considered for debate in parliament despite gaining more tha...
ARC is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted in the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2018 for the Niche Law Firm award. The Yorkshire Legal Awards...
BT has reported that an accounting error by actuary Willis Towers Watson led to a £500mn underestimation of its pension deficit to the end of March. ...
The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has concluded that there is “some scope for improvement in a number of aspects” of the work carried out b...
Nearly half of audit inspections carried out by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in 2017/18 found problems in the way pension schemes’ valuatio...
After several vigorous, public criticism of its failure to exercise its powers in high profile cases, the Pensions’ Regulator has its spotlight firm...
According to corporate advisers, employers signing off fund choices for their defined contribution schemes have been so focussed on price that they ar...
British Airways (BA) today won its case in the Court of Appeals against its pension scheme trustees, and will not have to pay out £12m in discretiona...
Across the UK, tens of thousands of people could be in for similar shocks as pension schemes across the land complete a massive record-checking exerci...
The government has launched a consultation into how defined benefit pension schemes can be better protected....
The Department for Work and Pensions has proposed granting The Pensions Regulator the ability to fine employers and associated parties up to £1m wher...
Some commentators have expressed concern over the increased uptake in master trust membership, asserting that adding an additional party to workplace ...
What are the key legal issues facing schemes conducting and considering buy-ins or buyouts at the current time? Anna Rogers: To my mind the main risk ...
Have you seen the news? Members are getting powers to hold trustees to account over their consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG...
A private members’ Bill submitted by Scottish National Party MP Alan Brown last week could see the Pension Protection Fund taking on so-called orpha...
A proposed requirement has been revealed as part of the launch of a consultation from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on trustees’ duties...
The Pensions Regulator is prepared to deploy tough new powers promised by the Department for Work and Pensions’ defined benefit white paper, althoug...
The Pensions Regulator's exercise of its powers has been in the spotlight recently. The Work and Pensions Select Committee has been vocal on the way i...
The Lords Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into whether the retail price index (RPI) should remain to measure inflation or whether i...
The UK Parliament has begun an inquiry into whether the retail prices index (RPI) should be scrapped as a measure of consumer inflation, a move that t...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has done too little, too late to reduce the risks to Carillion’s pension schemes. Anne-Marie Winton, partner at ARC Pen...
It is a welcome change that defined benefit pension liabilities of employers are now high profile when there are challenges to businesses – for too ...
The Granada case, popularly known as ‘Box Clever’ after the name of the employer of the pension scheme, related to whether TPR had the power to is...
ARC has acted for the Trustee of the Littlewoods Pensions Scheme in purchasing an £880m pensioner buy-in policy from Scottish Widows. This is Scottis...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has secured a major win in the Upper Tribunal after the court ruled it was fair for the watchdog to seek financial suppor...
On 25th of May, GDPR will come into effect. Trustees and schemes alike have to make sure that they are watertight when it comes to complying with intr...
The recent changes in the pensions world has meant that pension schemes are no longer straightforward retirement income products. This is due to rapid...
Diversity is high on the agenda in the pensions world, not least because of The Pensions Regulator’s focus on it in relation to trustee boards. Spe...
The publication yesterday of the joint Business and Energy & Industrial Strategy and Work & Pensions Committees’ report on the demise of Carillion i...
A 101-page report into the collapse of Carillion, undertaken by two Commons select committees, has identified failings by the company’s directors, r...
In the fight against organised crime and terrorist financing, money laundering has changed significantly since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came int...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has come in for heavy criticism in the select committees’ report on Carillion, with MPs describing its response to the ...
New legislation expected to come into force from the government's defined benefit (DB) white paper has the potential to increase company insolvencies ...
It’s Monday morning, and you get a letter postmarked “Brighton”, sent by Special Delivery. It’s not your birthday, so you are not sure what to...
The EU’s GDPR comes into effect on the 25th of May 2018 and will involve specific rules around the subject of personal information. This includes ho...
Poor fund returns and the closure of defined benefit schemes are driving reform of pensions in the charity sector....
ARC is delighted to have been awarded Pensions Law Firm of the Year at the 2018 Financial Times PIPA Awards....
On 27th April 2018, Melrose announced that its offer to acquire GKN had been accepted by shareholders representing more than 90% of the value and voti...
The competition watchdog has found that there are no barriers to entry or expansion that might limit competition within the consultancy or fiduciary m...
The UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) might have to rethink its compensation limit if the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decides that it is illega...
Following a consultation that was published in Autumn 2017, the government published a response on simplifying the defined contribution (DC) scheme co...
ARC is pleased to have been highly commended in this year’s Legal Business Awards for the category of Boutique Law Firm of the Year. ...
Pensions have been at the top of the news and government agenda after a series of businesses went bust and left eye-watering deficits....
Businesses that have defined benefit pension schemes are long used to regulation. Ever since the Maxwell scandal, nearly 30 years ago, successive gove...
The British firm that lost out on a lucrative contract to print the UK's first post-Brexit passports is facing accusations that its bid was inflated i...
ARC is delighted to have been shortlisted for Pensions Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 FT PIPA Awards. The firm has been acknowledged for its extensi...
From the blog: New money laundering regulations came into force in June 2017, implementing the EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive and replacing ...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has attempted to flex its muscles by raising public concerns about the hostile bid for British engineering firm GKN by US...
The insolvency of prominent businesses such as Toys R Us making headlines recently has led to an increased awareness of the impact that corporate acti...
The DWP seems to have drawn a line under the CPI/RPI issue in its White Paper published today “Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes”. ...
Recently there has been a fundamental shift in the way stakeholders – such as businesses, investors and government – view environmental, social an...
The widespread misunderstanding of trustees’ duties may extend to others involved in this debate. Pension schemes are enormous investors and therefo...
Pension trustees are voicing increased concerns that scheme rules are stopping them signposting financial advice to members....
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have won Best Strategic Leadership at this year’s MPF Awards....
Defined benefit pension schemes are at risk as funds are ransacked by companies, covenants are breached and trustees appear to have few powers. Anne-M...
Rosalind Connor, Partner at ARC Pensions Law, looks at the issues here from a pensions perspective and what’s next for Toys R Us and similar chains....
The Post Office has agreed a bulk annuity buy-in for its section of the Royal Mail Pension Plan, which insures all of its members with Rothesay Life. ...
The government is expected to address the relationship between inflation and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in its forthcoming white paper. Howe...
With some rather unseasonal timing, in mid December 2017, British Airways announced the bad news to staff of the planned closure of its defined benefi...
When Barclays becomes the first British bank to reveal in court how it will comply with new ring-fencing regulations, pension lawyers will look to how...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have been highly commended in the Pensions Law Firm of the Year category in the Pensions Age Awards 2018....
ARC is delighted to have been shortlisted for Boutique Law Firm of the Year at this year’s Legal Business Awards....
Car manufacturer, Nissan, is consulting on a proposed switch to a career average scheme to reduce the volatility of its pensions liabilities....
Potential business acquisitions are subject to intense due diligence by private equity firms, but a crucial element they sometimes miss- executive pen...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal is returning the firefighters’ discrimination case to the Employment Tribunal....
On 30th January, the joint Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and Work and Pensions Committee heard evidence from two of the Carillion...
The High Court’s decision to reject BT’s plan to reduce pensions benefits comes as good news for 84,000 former and existing BT employees that join...
The collapse of the construction group Carillion is a tragedy — but it is also emblematic of the state of the nation’s public and private sectors ...
Pension scheme trustees tend to keep quietly in the corner, talking about breach of trust and mortality assumptions, but every now and then they find ...
BT's plans to deal with its pension deficit have been dealt a significant blow after the High Court rejected its proposal to switch the way in which i...
Pension freedoms, increasing governance demands and higher charges have led to considerable appetite among employers to transfer defined contribution ...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have won the award for Corporate/Commercial Team of the Year at the Modern Law Awards 2018....
When it comes to retirement products, drawdown is currently king. Figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show that drawdown sales cons...
With some rather unseasonal timing, in mid December 2017, British Airways announced the bad news to staff of the planned closure of its defined benefi...
The collapse of Carillion and its impending transfer of some of its defined benefit members (DB) into the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF) has raised qu...
It is three and a half years since HM Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) announced a change in their practice in relation to recoverability of VAT on pe...
Automatic enrolment as set out in the Pensions Act 2008 (PA 2008) is now largely complete – although it has been a long time coming. Starting in 20...
PPF has continued to block the terms of a Company Voluntary Arrangement proposed by Toys R Us and demanded £9m to be injected into their pension sche...
ARC is delighted to have been shortlisted in the MPF Awards for Management Excellence 2018 for Best Strategic Leadership, Best Strategy Implementation...
New statistics from the Office for National Statistics pointing to a ‘sizeable’ increase in the value of successful M&A deals, both domestic and c...
Defined benefit investment (DB) consultants and actuaries could face legal action over failing to address climate change risks in advice. ...
In 2010, completely out of the blue, the pensions industry got a minister who was actually interested in pensions. Steve Webb (now Sir Steve Webb) wa...
ARC Pensions Law is pleased to announce its shortlisting for Pension Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 Pensions Age Awards....
Transport operator FirstGroup has become the first major private sector employer to consolidate its pension funds within the Local Government Pension ...
The financial crisis led to the country becoming a low interest rate and low inflation economy. This had an inadvertent effect on most companies with...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have won Specialist Law Firm of the Year at this year’s British Legal Awards....
The world of pensions has always been slightly nervous when it comes to the chancellor’s budget....
The government plans to exempt pension funds from changes announced today that will apply UK tax to gains made by non-residents on immovable property....
BT is facing immense challenges due to the gaping hole in its pension scheme, fuelling fears about its dividend. BT has revealed this month that there...
It was reported this week that millions of savers will no longer receive statements helping them to verify that their state pensions are correct, foll...
Partner Anna Copestake will be speaking at the PLSA Hot Topic Seminar 2017: Hunting For Investment Income, where she will join a panel of distinguishe...
Changes announced by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in March, coupled with the implementation of relevant provisions of the Finance Act 2017, have led to...
Union Unite is preparing to reballot employees at ICT company Fujitsu on strike action, in a long-running dispute that – among other things – invo...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have improved its ranking for pensions in this year’s Chambers and Partners Guide....
In October the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) called on trustees to take more interest in the development and use of biometrics....
ARC is delighted to have been shortlisted for Law Firm of the Year at this year’s Modern Law Awards. ...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to announce the promotion of Anna Copestake from Senior Associate to Partner. The appointment is the latest stage of ARC...
The proposal by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association to pool up to £1.5 trillion of assets in existing pension schemes into so-called superf...
The latest workplace pensions scheme figures indicate that, as of July 2017, more than eight million workers are enrolled by approximately 650,000 emp...
We are pleased to announce that ARC Pensions Law has been ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2017 for Pensions (non-contentious). ...
Pensioners of Hewlett Packard Enterprises are lobbying the government to force their former employer to provide inflation protection for pension right...
Nights start to close in in October and we can look forward to evenings at home trying to find old pound coins down the back of the sofa in time to sp...
Anne-Marie Winton considers the key proposals affecting pensions outlined in the government’s response and suggests there is some bark, but not nece...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to announce it has been shortlisted for Specialist Law Firm of the Year in the British Legal Awards 2017....
The Pension Quality Mark (PQM) has high hopes for its Good Communications Guide, which it launched on 29 September....
Partner Rosalind Connor considers the background to the consultation on the draft Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 ...
Last Thursday, the ARC team was delighted to celebrate the successful launch of its new office in Leeds....
Partner Rosalind Connor will discuss new data protection legislation at Punter Southall Annual Pensions Conference 2017 on Thursday 28 September...
One of the big discussion points in the industry this year has been the security and sustainability of defined benefit (DB) schemes and whether the sy...
Expat pensioners may not receive their entitlements if no deal is reached in the Brexit negotiations, the Treasury select committee has warned the Cha...
In the 2014 Budget, the Chancellor announced changes, effective from April 2015, to existing tax rules, paving the way for a radical overhaul in how d...
Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called automatic...
The regulations and oversight of the UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) can only protect a pension scheme’s members so much. Sometimes there is nothing tha...
There are many accepted truths about buying a company, such as the well-worn adage that a deal will always take longer, and be more complex than anyon...
The Upper Tribunal allowed the Secretary of State’s appeals against two decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) concerning the entitlement of the...
We are delighted to announce that ARC Pensions Law has been shortlisted in this year’s Yorkshire Legal Awards 2017 for the Niche Law Firm award....
In 1990, in between the release of Nelson Mandela from captivity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, was a development even more dramatic in the world of...
Significantly fewer than 1m lucky individuals were active members of private sector occupational defined benefit schemes in 2015, compared with almost...
The BBC has emerged victorious today (28 July 2017) in a long running saga regarding the validity of its pensionable salary capping arrangement....
In the 1950s, the UK was the second largest car manufacturer in the world. The boom was linked in part to the government’s support of the steel indu...
Rosalind Connor spoke on a panel of industry experts at Pensions and Benefits UK in London on 27th June to discuss the future of DB schemes....
Pension freedoms have opened defined benefit members’ eyes to the mouth-watering transfer values currently on offer if they give up their guaranteed...
Lawyers and other corporate advisers often make the mistake of thinking that M&A activity is all about ‘the deal’. Once the documents are signed, ...
Pension lawyers are different from normal people. Whilst most of the world is talking about British Airways in terms of an IT problem that grounded ai...
The decision in the case of British Airways vs Airways Pension Scheme Trustee was handed down on 19 May 2017. The case, as the judge remarked, has bee...
There are three questions employers should ask before embarking on a pensions change project. First, they should question whether they can make the ch...
Anna Rogers commented on the news that Lloyds has launched a joint bid with pension trustees and unions to equalise GMPs....
After three and a half arduous years, British Airways pensioners will be celebrating a landmark High Court judgment allowing trustees to award a 0.2% ...
Partner, Rosalind Connor commented on the news that British Airways intends to appeal a High Court decision...
ARC Pensions Law has been highly commended at the Financial Times' 18th annual Pension and Investment Provider Awards for it's innovation and growth. ...
British Airways has lost a legal battle against the Airways Pension Scheme involving the trustees' decision to introduce a 0.2 per cent discretionary ...
British Airways has lost a landmark trial to block its pension trustees' decision to award a discretionary increase in 2013....
As the Pension Schemes Bill becomes the Pension Schemes Act 2017 Anna Copestake discusses the implications with Lexis PSL Pensions...
The Government has been criticised for leaving pensioners in a state of "total confusion" about why some are not receiving the full state pension....
The Pensions Regulator has published its corporate plan for the next three years, with a list of eight priorities including intervening more often and...
The Department for Work and Pensions has published regulations allowing struggling contracted-out schemes in a Pension Protection Fund assessment peri...
Total fines of £23,000 from two court cases may not be the most substantial penalties ever imposed by the UK justice system. But as the outcome from ...
Experts have welcomed the government’s recent consultation proposing a new deferred debt arrangement for employers in multi-employer pension schemes...
Trustees of the defined contribution FKI Group Pension Plan have agreed to wind up the scheme, transferring active members to a mastertrust, as expert...
Specialist pensions law boutique ARC Pensions Law continues its rapid expansion with another key partner hire, this time from the established pensions...
In certain circumstances involving schemes in significant deficit, the pensions regulator has powers to pierce the ‘corporate veil’ and can force ...
Towards the end of 2016, a three-year argument between British Airways and the trustees of one of its pension schemes erupted into a mammoth seven-wee...
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by John Menzies and trustees of its pension scheme as it has closed the scheme and plans to begin a sect...
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has ruled Enfield Council cannot withhold pension benefits for a man who embezzled nearly £500,000, due to the Local Gov...
Just 21% of pensions and restructuring lawyers normally suggest that clients go through the Pensions Regulator’s clearing process, reflecting a simi...
Anna Copestake says trustees must think carefully about acting as trustees in their own name....
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to announce its shortlisting at the 2017 FT PIPA Awards for Pensions Law Firm...
The British constitution is on the verge of a transformation of historic and unprecedented proportions, but if we focus on the world of pension scheme...
Rosalind Connor will be speaking at this year’s Workplace Pensions Live, where she will be joined by a panel of distinguished guests. The conference...
According to to recent consumer research of contract based schemes conducted on behalf of the Independent Governance Committees (IGCs), pension scheme...
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon will seek a second referendum on Scottish independence, to be held by spring of 2019, triggering concerns ab...
The Department for Work and Pensions’ recent green paper concluded there was no crisis in DB funding....
While it may initially appear that having too many advisers could cause a bit of a tangled web, it can also be advantageous. Anna Rogers argues tha...
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have won the award for 'Best Collaboration with External Specialists' in this year's Managing Partners' Forum Awards ...
The government is set to appeal the employment tribunal’s recent verdict that more than 200 judges suffered discrimination as a result of pension ch...
Several Employment Tribunal judgments in recent months have tackled questions of alleged age discrimination, most notably finding that transition arra...
ARC Pensions Law today announces that it will become the first major national pensions boutique....
We are pleased to have this opportunity to comment on these proposals. ARC Pensions Law is a leading firm of specialist pension lawyers specialising i...
An employment tribunal ruled that the government did not discriminate against younger workers when it introduced transitional arrangements to the Fire...
Drinks company Diageo has avoided a strike by members of its defined benefit pension schemes after union members accepted a deal....
We are pleased to have this opportunity to comment on these proposals. ARC Pensions Law is a leading firm of specialist pension lawyers specialising i...
The trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme will be eagerly awaiting the outcome of a four-year saga that saw their sponsoring employer British Airways...
Unmarried people who were denied survivors’ pensions after the death of a partner may want to appeal against the decision, following a landmark lega...
Social investment is an investment which combines financial and social objectives. This idea is that it is possible “to do well and to do good at th...
We are pleased to have the opportunity to comment on these proposals. ARC Pensions Law is a leading firm of specialist pension lawyers specialising in...
The Government and regulators have been urged to strengthen the powers of trustee boards in opposing suspicious transfer requests, as an alert from th...
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has launched a challenge to the Home Office's reform of firefighters' pensions on the grounds that it is discriminatory....
The Pensions Regulator has issued its first fines against mastertrusts for failing to complete a chair’s statement....
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to have been shortlisted for "Best Collaboration with External Specialists" in this year's MPF Awards for Management Exc...
We are delighted to announce that, after a very successful first year, we have now outgrown our offices in Devonshire Square and have therefore recent...
The £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) has been at the centre of an intense debate over the past year around giving struggling sponsors the ab...
Rosalind Connor writes in European Pharmaceutical Review on how the pension schemes in the older businesses can create a significant competitive disad...
ARC Pensions Law is pleased to announce its shortlisting for Pensions Law Firm of the Year....
Kevin LeGrand, consultant at ARC Pensions Law, considers the outcomes of the Government's consultation on capping early exit charges for members of oc...
On 28th November 2016 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issued a consultation on indexation and equalisation of GMP in public service pension...
An FOI request has revealed that there are at least 3,703 private sector DC schemes which are classed as never having completed a scheme return....
Following recent years, the pensions world looks towards the Budget and the soon-to-be-discontinued Autumn Statement with a great deal of trepidation....
Anne-Marie Winton relates her experience of trying to transfer a pension pot....
ARC Pensions Law is delighted to announce its win of the Business Growth Award at this year's Modern Law Awards....
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published a consultation document on the pension protection levy for 2017/18. One key area of change is around t...
ARC is delighted to have been ranked for Pensions in this year's Chambers and Partners Guide....
ARC Pensions Law are delighted to be shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK 2017 Awards as Specialist Firm of the Year for Pensions ...
Anna Rogers spoke at an Aberdeen Asset Management seminar to discuss the potential implications of Brexit on pensions....
Will Brexit mean the UK Government has a free hand to change pensions law?...
ARC Senior Associate, Anna Copestake is a member of the Security of Assets Working Party. Here she introduces the Working Party’s updated guide....
Rosalind Connor attended today's Department for Work and Pensions Select Committee session on the Pension Protection Fund and The Pensions Regulator....
The Pensions Regulator has intervened to help members of a defined benefit (DB) scheme after it was accidentally converted into a defined contribution...
ARC is delighted to be shortlisted for the Business Growth Award in the 2016 Modern Law Awards. ...
Anna Rogers suggests traffic light labelling to indicate the strength of the employer covenant for members considering a DB to DC transfer...
Senior Partner Anna Rogers examines defined benefit pensions schemes in Professional Pensions....
We are delighted to be ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2016 for Pensions ...
Anna Copestake discusses members pension funds in an occupational pension scheme. ...
Rosalind speaks to PMI TV about the how differences between law and guidance are viewed by the court. ...
Recent months may have led people to believe that buying a company with a defined pension scheme is about the most dangerous thing you could do....
Anna Copestake comments on alleged discrimination in FireFighters’ pensions over transitional protection....
The Pensions Regulator has updated their defined contribution codes of practice...
Anna Copestake discusses information trustees must know about ESG ...
National Milk Record cuts its deficit by £6.2m by switching to the consumer price index...
The current Plumbing Pensions' consultation show problems with the current section 75 debt legislation....
Rosalind Connor discusses EU pension pots post Brexit....
Trustees will soon need to comply with the new DC framework proposed by the regulator. ...
Anna Rogers on GMP equalisation post Brexit...
Chris Mullen discusses Lady Barbra Judge and the PPF...
Rosalind examines what voting to leave the EU now means. ...
We were delighted to celebrate our first anniversary in style at The Ace Hotel Shoreditch....
Kevin LeGrand comments in The Times on insurers cutting annuity rates....
Rosalind Connor comments in Pensions Expert on the rise of UK defined benefit pension deficits...
Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert on how trustees are beginning to rely on their emotions rather than expert opinions....
ARC Pensions Law hires Anna Copestake and Kevin LeGrand....
The British Steel Pension Scheme, set out various options for potentially changing the British Steel Pension Scheme...
Rosalind comments in Pensions Expert on British Steel pension scheme proposed changes....
Rosalind comments on how weaker employer sponsors switch to CPI from RPI....
Rosalind comments on the Brexit's implications for pensions....
Rosalind Connor discusses the thorny issue of Brexit and what it means to pensions in an interview with Pensions Insight...
Chris Mullen and Kevin Le Grand explore how more transparency of employer covenant can prolong DB scheme lifetimes, whilst benefiting members....
Anne-Marie in Professional Pensions on getting rid of pensions jargon...
Rosalind comments in Pensions Expert on what the British Steel's rule changes will mean for pensions...
Anne-Marie Winton, Arc Pensions Law, comments in Professional Pensions re Hogg Robinson attempting to recover costs from the advisers ...
The ombudsman’s ruling in favour of the trustees and sponsor in the Kingfisher Pension Scheme case could have huge implications for future cases....
Rosalind Connor is interviewed by Lexis PSL Pensions on what the implications will be on pensions following the Brexit vote ...
Rosalind Connor comments in Pensions Expert on the glass ceiling being shattered on gender diversity with trustee boards...
Rosalind is speaking at the Workplace Pensions Live 2016 conference about Brexit and what this will mean for the pensions industry....
A pension strategy for employees is a very simple concept...
Rosalind Connor comments in Pensions Expert on the implications of Wireless Groups’ defined benefit obligations following ITV’s purchase of it...
Rosalind Connor comments in Pensions Expert following the announcement that Workers at Bombardier are considering industrial action...
Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert on AG Barr’s decision to close its DB pension scheme...
Anne-Marie winton has been shortlisted for Personality of the Year award at the 2016 UK Pensions Awards...
Anne-Marie Winton discusses the Royal Bank of Scotland’s decision to make its members pay for the £18m rise in its national insurance contributions...
Rosalind Connor of ARC Pension Law examines what this year's Budget means for pensions...
Rosalind Connor discusses Barclays assessment of which of its entities will participate in the bank’s UK Retirement Fund from 2026 ...
Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert around trouble for dependents receiving pension pots from partners who died before reaching 75...
ARC Pensions Law has been appointed by the Trustee of the Royal College of Music Pension and Assurance Scheme as its pension lawyer...
Headlines around the government’s announcement that John Cridland is to review the state pension age sounded alarms...
Fundamentally, the regulation of occupational pensions is unlikely to change ...
Since childhood everyone agreed that I was an arguer and destined for law...
Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert regarding a High Court ruling on the benefits for 15,000 former Safeway workers...
Do we have further clarity on when a negligence claim against advisers to a pension scheme is time barred?...
Anna Rogers shortlisted for CEO of The Year at the UK Pensions Awards 2016...
For many years, pension plans have become a headache rather than a choice for the HR team...
Rosalind Connor comments in Professional Pensions about the possible implication of TPR’s Auto Enrolment Case...
Anna Rogers comments in Pensions Expert on how an NHS trust has come under scrutiny for offering nurses cash to opt out of the pension scheme...
Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert on the draft regulation consultation, on banning member-borne commission in auto-enrolment schemes...
Anna comments in Professional Pensions, stating her opinion on the debate over Section 48 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985...
Anne-Marie comments on how schemes are handling GMP reconciliation following the guidance provided by Pensions Administration Standards Association...
Anna comments in Professional Pensions on how behavioural economics can avoid making risk-inducing mistakes, namely groupthink ...
Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert on the Bacs processing error at Royal Bank of Scotland last week ...
Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert after an error at the Police Service of Northern Ireland pension scheme caused a delay in payment of pensions ...
Pensions analysis: Our panel of experts considers what lies ahead for pensions lawyers in 2016...
Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert following the government decision to table an amendment that would require those with ‘higher value annuities...
ARC Pensions Law has been shortlisted for 'Pensions Law Firm of the Year', with Anna Rogers also being shortlisted for 'Personality of the Year' for t...
Pensions analysis: Our panel of experts looks back at the most important developments and challenges for pensions lawyers in 2015....
Anna comments in The Financial Times on spouses being in the dark over pension transfers after the changes which came into force in April and gave ove...
ARC Pensions Law, the boutique specialist pension law firm, today announces the appointment of Rosalind Connor as its fourth partner....
Lawyers have said that trustees should keep their distance from members' employer disputes ...
Edward Snowden’s revelations about the scope of US intelligence snooping in 2013 have already had far reaching consequences. But a ruling from the C...
Anna comments in Pensions World on how recent developments in pensions are influencing lawyers’ service offerings....
Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert on Lothian Pension Fund’s two special purpose vehicles, as it looks to improve its in-house investment capabi...
Kevin LeGrand, President of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI), joins ARC Pensions Law part-time as a consultant to develop long-term strategies ...
Anna comments in Pensions Expert after pension schemes dodge a potential £3bn cost hike, as the legal position on the equalisation of pension benefit...
Limitation rules in member disputes – a conversation between two pension lawyers, Anna Rogers, ARC Pensions Law, and Helena Berman, Maurice Turnor G...
Anne-Marie comments in Professional Pensions Schemes after court ruling sees schemes that had not already equalised survivor benefits for widowers and...
Smiths Group reporting a significant improvement in the funding position of its defined benefit pension schemes after pursuing a stringent eight-year ...
Anne Marie comments on Granada appealing a High Court ruling in an attempt to recover £40m of gilts from one of its pension schemes. She said: “The...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has some heavyweight powers to force sponsors of defined benefit (DB) schemes to cough up more money if it thinks members...
Anna Rogers – the former Mayer Brown partner who co-founded ARC Pensions in June – hopes her new boutique pensions law firm will expand to 20 lawy...
ARC Pensions Law, the boutique specialist pension law firm, today announces the appointment of Anne-Marie Winton as a partner in the firm....
Anna comments in the New Model Advisor on the dangers of DB schemes saying there is a new mis-selling scandal brewing, mainly driven by scheme members...
Anna comments in Pensions Expert on the potential £3bn cost of one in four defined benefit schemes not treating same-sex and opposite-sex couples equ...
Pension lawyers Anna Rogers and Chris Mullen have launched a specialist pensions law firm called ARC Pensions Law....
Leading pensions lawyer Anna Rogers, the current chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers and a former partner in the pensions practice of Mayer...
Last week, I attended the excellent Barnett Waddingham LLP “Employer Pensions and Benefits Conference” in London to hear a great range of speakers...
Former Pinsent Masons senior partner Chris Mullen and former Mayer Brown partner Anna Rogers have opened a new pension boutique, trading as ARC Pensio...
