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Employers who don’t pay pension contributions risk being wound up by trustees after recent Court decision
The employers of a final salary scheme with a deficit failed to make payments to…
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Just how valid was that deed? Courts create chaos with random rulings on amendment efficacy
Two recent High Court decisions have cast doubt over the effectiveness of many y…
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What counts as Basic Pay for Automatic Enrolment?
Auto-enrolment is tricky to get right and it can be costly to get wrong. Employe…
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Well funded schemes can still impact employer insolvency
Pension scheme funding has improved significantly for many schemes recently, whi…
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Pension tax changes spell good news for high earners
The recent budget has made radical changes to pensions tax, that has an effect o…
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Locked mailboxes and obscure addresses – a welcome auto enrolment decision!
An automatic enrolment First-Tier Tribunal case held that the Appellant employer…
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The Pensions Regulator – new codes are still awaited…
There is still no sign of the new Notifiable Events regulations coming into forc…
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Caveat emptor (and the emptor’s lenders) – beware the widened ‘moral hazard’ regime
Lenders beware! ‘Moral hazard’ risk in M&A work might be well-understood…
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Auto-enrolment: is change finally on the horizon?
The pensions industry continues to call on Government to make changes to the aut…
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What you need to know about the new DB Funding Code
There is a new DB Funding Code which will come into force from October 2023. Any…
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Covid restrictions no excuse for not paying pension contributions
Back in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, many employers found it hard to make …
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Beware the Regulator’s extended Moral Hazard powers
The Pensions Regulator (Regulator) has a wide variety of powers within its arsen…
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Auto-enrolment changes: more costs for employers?
A recently introduced Private Member’s bill is proposing to make changes to wi…
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New Notifiable Events mean more red tape for companies
The notifiable events regime has become a well-established part of corporate tra…
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Beckmann – the silent assassin
“Beckmann rights” used to be everywhere. They cropped up on most transacti…
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New Pensions Regulator Contribution Notice powers
The Pension Schemes Act 2021 introduces two new powers for the Pensions Regulato…
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Your home is your castle… Or is it?
In a nutshell: Under current UK legislation the Pensions Regulator (or TPR) ha…
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Pensions Regulator guidance: Protecting schemes from employer distress
The Pensions Regulator has issued guidance to trustees of DB schemes setting out…
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The Pension Schemes Act 2021
At long last, the Pension Schemes Act was given Royal Assent in February – thi…
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New DB Funding Code
Consultation on the Pensions Regulator’s proposed principles which are to unde…
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