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FCA chief presses for legislative change on scam adverts

FCA chief presses for legislative change on scam adverts

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Pensions weekly highlights—5 August 2021

Pensions weekly highlights—5 August 2021

The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Pensions weekly highlights—5 August 2021

FCA beats appeal in £10.8m risky pensions advice dispute

FCA beats appeal in £10.8m risky pensions advice dispute

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on FCA beats appeal in £10.8m risky pensions advice dispute

The draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2021—key aspects

The draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2021—key aspects

The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2021—key aspects

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Pension commencement lump sums (PCLSs)

Pension commencement lump sums (PCLSs)

Pension commencement lump sums (PCLSs)When a member of a pension scheme becomes entitled to receive their scheme benefits, they can usually take part...

How is the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) different from a typical occupational pension scheme?

How is the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) different from a typical occupational pension scheme?

How is the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) different from a typical occupational pension scheme?In this Practice Note, references to the...

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO SCHEMES ENTERING THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME FROM 1...

Retirement schemes for executives—UURBS, FURBS and EFRBS

Retirement schemes for executives—UURBS, FURBS and EFRBS

Retirement schemes for executives—UURBS, FURBS and EFRBSJust as executives tend to enjoy better salary packages than the ordinary workforce, so is it...

Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—the transitional period for DB and hybrid schemes [Archived]

Auto-enrolment—the transitional period for DB and hybrid schemes [Archived]ARCHIVED. This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.As...
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19th May
Practice notes

The Post-2015 National Health Service Pension Scheme

The Post-2015 National Health Service Pension SchemeCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: The Coronavirus Act 2020 suspends provisions of the...
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Produced in partnership with Paul Carney of Shoosmiths 19th May
Practice notes

Fixed protection 2012 (FP 2012)

Fixed protection 2012 (FP 2012)THIS PRACTICE NOTE RELATES TO REGISTERED PENSION SCHEMESThe lifetime allowanceWhile there is no limit on the total...
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19th May
Practice notes

The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme

The Electricity Supply Pension SchemeThe Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (‘ESPS’) is a trust-based scheme established by the Electricity Council by...
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Produced in partnership with Gary Delderfield of Eversheds Sutherland 19th May
Practice notes

Flexible benefits vs safeguarded benefits

Flexible benefits vs safeguarded benefitsThis Practice Note focuses on the meanings of 'flexible benefit', 'safeguarded benefit' and...
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19th May
Practice notes

Normal minimum pension age and protected pension age

Normal minimum pension age and protected pension ageCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: For the period from 1 March 2020 to 1 November 2020, HMRC granted...
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19th May
Practice notes

Corporate trustees—articles of association of a pension trustee company

Corporate trustees—articles of association of a pension trustee companyTHIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO TRUST-BASED OCCUPATIONAL PENSION...
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Produced in partnership with Mark Ridler of Hill Dickinson 19th May
Practice notes

Investment management agreements—trustee considerations

Investment management agreements—trustee considerationsThe management of assets belonging to another person on a discretionary basis is a 'regulated...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Scott of gunnercooke LLP 19th May
Practice notes

The pre A-day pensions tax regime

The pre A-day pensions tax regimeThe pensions tax regime under the Finance Act 2004 came into effect on 6 April 2006, otherwise known as A-day. The...
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Produced in partnership with Mark Smith, Georgina Wardrop and Angela Sharma of Taylor Wessing LLP 19th May
Practice notes

The Pension Protection Fund—compensation

The Pension Protection Fund—compensationCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: As a result of coronavirus, the PPF decided to make certain changes to its...
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19th May
Practice notes

TUPE and Beckmann—the pensions exception

TUPE and Beckmann—the pensions exceptionBeckmann liabilities are liabilities in respect of occupational pension benefits other than benefits relating...
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19th May
Practice notes

How to deal with Beckmann liabilities on a business sale

How to deal with Beckmann liabilities on a business saleTHIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMESThis Practice Note...
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Produced in partnership with Ginevra Gatrell of gunnercooke LLP 19th May
Practice notes

Serious ill-health lump sum payments

Serious ill-health lump sum paymentsWhen is a serious ill-health lump sum payable?Under the Finance Act 2004 (FA 2004), Sch 29, para 4, a scheme...
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19th May
Practice notes

Pensions Ombudsman determination tracker

Pensions Ombudsman determination trackerThe entries in this tracker are organised by topic, alphabetically. These topics are listed in the Table of...
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19th May
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—certification of DC schemes

Auto-enrolment—certification of DC schemesCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment...
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19th May
Practice notes

Anti-franking

Anti-frankingThe conceptIt used to be the case that contracted-out salary-related (COSR) schemes could revalue a deferred member's guaranteed minimum...
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Produced in partnership with Peter White 19th May

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Q&As

The wife of a deceased member has requested information regarding the deceased member's pension from the trustees of a pension scheme in order to support a medical negligence claim, but the wife is neither a current or prospective beneficiary under the scheme. In these circumstances: (i) if the scheme trustees do not disclose the information and the wife complained to the Pensions Ombudsman, would the complaint fall within the remit of the Ombudsman, and (ii) if the complaint does fall within the Pensions Ombudsman’s remit and the complaint is successful, what award could the Ombudsman make?

The wife of a deceased member has requested information regarding the deceased member's pension from the trustees of a pension scheme in order to...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Is there any legislation, Pensions Ombudsman decisions or Precedent relating to the late payment of pensions to a member overseas?

Is there any legislation, Pensions Ombudsman decisions or Precedent relating to the late payment of pensions to a member overseas?While there are a...
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31st Jul
Q&As

What is the mechanism to enforce an award from the Pensions Ombudsman which the other side has not paid?

What is the mechanism to enforce an award from the Pensions Ombudsman which the other side has not paid?As an impartial adjudicator, the Pensions...
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31st Jul

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