New powers in Pension Schemes Act could cause bankruptcies
Podcast: New criminal provisions in the Pension Schemes Act are so broadly drafted that they could strangle legitimate business activity, potentially resulting in unnecessary bankruptcies. So says Arc...
21 Jan 202123min
Economic uncertainty and DC consolidation to mark 2021
Podcast: Economic uncertainty from the pandemic and the aftereffects of Brexit, solving the small pots problem and consolidation in the defined contribution universe, and yet more environmental, socia...
7 Jan 202121min
Trustees advised to self-certify before Christmas
Jo Myerson, trustee director at Ross Trustees, tells Pensions Expert it is important that trustees comply with the Competition and Markets Authority’s self-certification rules early in order to avoid ...
14 Dec 202019min
Industry needs to work together to sort out GMPs
As schemes might struggle to find information about members who are due top-ups to past transfers due to guaranteed minimum pensions equalisation, the industry is being called on to work together and ...
27 Nov 202016min
Regulatory uncertainty puts workforce reform at risk
The apparent contradiction between the Treasury’s new exit payment cap and existing Local Government Pension Scheme regulations risks limiting employers’ ability to restructure their workforce, warns ...
12 Nov 202020min
Three-step plan to fix NHS scheme
The plethora of administrative maladies facing the NHS pension scheme should be addressed by a three stage approach: capping the problem; a reactive process prioritising those closest to retirement; a...
23 Okt 202018min
PPF eyes DB sponsors' deteriorating credit ratings
Deteriorating defined benefit sponsor health has led to a three-fold increase in the level of liabilities belonging to schemes that could end up in the Pension Protection Fund over the next 18 months....
9 Okt 202021min
Arguments for DC consolidation stronger than for DB
The pace of defined contribution consolidation could accelerate should we ever find ourselves on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic, as companies decide to outsource administration. But the pr...
25 Sep 202022min
