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Anna Copestake comments in Pensions Age, welcoming greater consistency in the Pensions Ombudsman’s recent decisions, particularly those on pensions transfers
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) deals with complaints and disputes that concern the…
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The pension implications for Debenhams’ defined benefit plan as the company goes into administration
Debenhams has become the latest high street retailer to go into administration a…
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Distress and winding up
Support for clients who are initiating, responding to or grappling with the impl…
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Arc hires new Senior Associate
Specialist pensions law boutique Arc Pensions Law is delighted to announce today…
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Scheme Mergers
The number of occupational pension schemes continues to shrink as an increasing …
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Benefit Redesign and Liability Management
The challenge of operating a defined benefit pension scheme is often as much abo…
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Restructuring, Distress and Insolvency
In any insolvent or distressed situation, a defined benefit pension scheme becom…
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Deals and Transactions
Pension issues can be fundamental to any transaction involving the buying, selli…
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Pension Scheme Winding Up
As pension schemes come to an end, the process of winding up must be carefully h…
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Corporate Activity
Since the mid-2000s, businesses have had to be aware of the effects of normal bu…
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TPR to sharpen decision making scrutiny after Kodak decision
The Pensions Regulator is introducing greater levels of scrutiny after its decis…
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Jane Kola comments in Pensions Age on the future of the pensions sector in terms of settlement and consolidation
The pensions industry has recently undergone drastic change. Investment consulta…
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Uncertainty over PPF Compensation
On 6 September 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided …
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Pension Scams
For individuals who get taken in by pensions fraudsters the consequences can be …
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Anna Rogers speaks with Professional Pensions on key issues for risk reduction
What are the key legal issues facing schemes conducting and considering buy-ins …
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Anne-Marie Winton comments in The Mail on Sunday on De La Rue’s pension deficit
The British firm that lost out on a lucrative contract to print the UK's first p…
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Anne-Marie comments in Pensions Expert on trustees updating Reuters members about agreed sale of part of the business
The insolvency of prominent businesses such as Toys R Us making headlines recent…
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Balancing the needs of defined benefit pension stakeholders
Defined benefit pension schemes are at risk as funds are ransacked by companies,…
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Executive Pensions – at arm’s length?
Potential business acquisitions are subject to intense due diligence by private …
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Rosalind Connor comments in Pensions Expert on PPF taking a tough stance against Toys R Us insolvency
PPF has continued to block the terms of a Company Voluntary Arrangement proposed…
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Anne-Marie Winton comments in Investment & Pensions Europe on regulated apportionment arrangements
The regulations and oversight of the UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) can only protec…
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How Kodak got out of its pensions trap
In the 1950s, the UK was the second largest car manufacturer in the world. The b…
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Anna Copestake interviewed by Lexis PSL re Pension Schemes Act 2017
As the Pension Schemes Bill becomes the Pension Schemes Act 2017 Anna Copestake …
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Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert on FKI scheme wind up
Trustees of the defined contribution FKI Group Pension Plan have agreed to wind …
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Arc response to DWP call for evidence on bulk transfers of defined contribution pensions without member consent
We are pleased to have this opportunity to comment on these proposals. Arc Pensi…
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Arc’s response to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy green paper on corporate governance reform
We are pleased to have this opportunity to comment on these proposals. Arc Pensi…
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Anne-Marie Winton comments in Pensions Expert on the British Steel Pension Scheme
The £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) has been at the centre of an inte…
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Human rights law may limit Government’s freedom to legislate post-Brexit
Will Brexit mean the UK Government has a free hand to change pensions law?…
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Anna Rogers in Professional Pensions on Brexit implications for GMP equalisation
Anna Rogers on GMP equalisation post Brexit…
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Anne-Marie Winton in Lexis Nexis PSL Legal Insights
Do we have further clarity on when a negligence claim against advisers to a pens…
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Anne-Marie Winton and Rosalind Connor comment in Lexis Nexis PSL Pensions re Pensions end of year review‚ life in 2015
Pensions analysis: Our panel of experts looks back at the most important develop…
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Rosalind Connor joins Arc Pensions Law as fourth partner – covered in Professional Pensions, Legal Business and Pensions Insight
Arc Pensions Law, the boutique specialist pension law firm, today announces the …
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Anna Rogers comments in Pensions World re PENSION LAWYERS A market on the move
Anna comments in Pensions World on how recent developments in pensions are influ…
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Anna Rogers and Chris Mullen announce the launch of Arc Pensions Law – covered in The Lawyer
Former Pinsent Masons senior partner Chris Mullen and former Mayer Brown partner…
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