The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Government urged to act on critical pension transfer delays
The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on TPR’s Annual Funding Statement issues covenant warning amid tariff wars
The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Government floats fix for spiraling number of small pension pots
Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS)Why use a QROPS?In practice, many Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPSs) are...
Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs)When personal pensions were first introduced in April 1988, they could only be established by authorised...
Retirement Annuity Contracts (RAC)—older types of personal pension schemesFORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Section 10 of the Finance Act 2022 will increase...
Pension commencement lump sums (PCLSs)When a member of a pension scheme becomes entitled to receive their scheme benefits, they can usually take part...
The Electricity Supply Pension SchemeFORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Section 10 of the Finance Act 2022 will increase the normal minimum pension age (NMPA) from 55 to 57 on 6 April 2028 (save for members of the firefighters, police and armed forces public service pension schemes).The Finance Act 2022 will
In view of the Supreme Court judgment Denise Brewster [2017] UKSC 8, what is the status of Regulation 25 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007 insofar as it requires a cohabiting partner to be nominated?In the case of Denise Brewster
The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme—Protected PersonsStatutory FrameworkThe obligations relating to the treatment of 'Protected Persons' are set out in the Electricity (Protected Persons) (England and Wales) Pension Regulations 1990, SI 1990/346 (the 'Regulations’), which were made under the
The Judicial Pension Scheme 2015FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT 1: Further to the Spring Budget of 15 March 2023, the Finance (No.2) Act 2023 removed the lifetime allowance charge with effect from 6 April 2023, pending the abolition of the lifetime allowance regime through the Finance Bill 2024 with effect
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