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New Takeover Code rules for target pension schemes

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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May 7 2013

In July last year, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel (the Panel) published a public consultation paper (PCP 20122) which set out proposed

Office for national statistics consults on improving the Retail Prices Index

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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November 13 2012

Last month, the Office for National Statistics published a consultation on options for amending the way that the Retail Prices Index is calculated

Pensions monthly planner - issue 32

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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October 18 2012

Principal new developments in pensions are set out alphabetically by topic in four main sections arranged according to when the changes had or are expected to have effect

Pensions monthly update

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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October 18 2012

The Pensions Regulator has published a report examining how some of the flexibilities in the defined benefit funding regime have been used by schemes and employers

Pensions auto-enrolment signals the end of stakeholder pensions

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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October 8 2012

We have been bombarded with reminders that the obligation on employers to auto-enrol their workers into pension schemes began this month

Good FATCA news for UK retirement plans

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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October 4 2012

On 14 September 2012 the UK Government and U.S. Treasury Department signed a 'Bilateral Agreement to improve international tax compliance and to implement FATCA'

"Pensions for property" using parents' pensions for children's house deposits

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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September 25 2012

As has been widely reported, Nick Clegg has announced a proposal for a "pension for property" scheme that would allow parents to use part of their future pension to fund the deposit on a house for their children

Pensions monthly update

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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September 24 2012

The DWP has issued consultation on proposed autoenrolment thresholds for 201314 as follows: £9,205 for the earnings trigger (to align with the PAYE threshold); Around £5,720 (projected value) for the lower limit of the qualifying earnings band (to align with the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) lower earnings limit); £41,450 for the upper limit of the qualifying earnings band (to align with the NICS upper earnings limit

Insolvency and restructuring of employers - issues for trustees of defined benefit pension schemes

Hogan Lovells
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United Kingdom
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September 20 2012

The credit crunch caused problems for businesses at the same time as the value of pension scheme assets plunged, adding ballooning defined benefit pension deficits to the woes of struggling companies