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Pensions weekly highlights—3 February 2022

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Published on: 03 February 2022

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Scheme governance and disclosure
DWP launches consultation on draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022
The Pensions Ombudsman
Pensions Ombudsman establishes specialist anti-scam team to tackle breaches of trust and dishonesty
Funding and investment
Industry bodies launch template to help pension schemes calculate their carbon emissions
Government publishes Levelling Up White Paper confirming plans to utilise pension assets and reduce investment restrictions
Data protection
New international data transfer agreement and addendum under the EU GDPR laid before Parliament
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Welcome to the Pensions weekly highlights from the Pensions team. This week's edition of Pensions highlights includes a review of key news stories, as well as dates for your diary and trackers.

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