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A new year, some new deadlines

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 9 2009

We thought we'd take a look at some pensions deadlines coming up soon

Long tail for ombudsman complaints?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 7 2009

In Lever, the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman ruled that a complaint made more than 20 years after the date on which the courts would have concluded that the claim was out of time was not one that was appropriate for him to investigate

Pensions Regulator issues guidance on conflict of interests

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 11 2008

The Pensions Regulator has published draft guidance on conflicts of interest

Transfer values: new regulations published

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 21 2008

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 were published on 11 April 2008, and are due to come into force on 1 October 2008

Proposed increase in the Pension Regulator's anti-avoidance powers

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 17 2008

On 14 April 2008, the Government announced plans to give increased anti-avoidance powers to the Pensions Regulator which are aimed at reducing the risk to members' interests caused by scheme changes or corporate transactions

The Pensions Regulator's latest statement on scheme funding: revolution or evolution?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 20 2009

The Pensions Regulator has issued a follow-up statement to the one it issued last autumn on scheme funding in the current economic climate

Pensions buy-out: deal or no deal?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2009

This paper considers the buy-out process from the perspective of trustees of UK occupational pension schemes

Material detriment stays materially the same

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2009

Last November the Pensions team issued an alert - 'Moral hazard changes on the horizon' - about proposed changes to the moral hazard laws, which included an additional ground upon which the Pensions Regulator could issue a contribution notice (CN): the material detriment ground

Reclaiming tax from the Netherlands

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • February 2 2009

UK pension funds which received dividends from Dutch companies on or before 31 December 2006 can now reclaim tax that was withheld on those dividends by the Netherlands tax authorities

Employers ceasing to participate in an underfunded multi-employer DB scheme: new employer debt requirements

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • March 25 2008

The current employer debt regime has proved problematic and inflexible