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Government gives green light to statutory regime for DB Superfunds

United Kingdom - August 3 2023 Following the Chancellor's Mansion House speech, the Government has finally issued a response to its December 2018 consultation on implementing a…

Solving the small pots problem

United Kingdom - August 1 2023 The Government has launched a consultation on proposals to eliminate the proliferation of small pension pots by introducing a solution involving…

DWP launches raft of new initiatives to improve outcomes for pension savers and boost economic growth

United Kingdom - July 12 2023 Hot on the heels of the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the DWP has published a raft of documents, all designed to drive better outcomes for…

Chancellor seeks to unlock the power of UK pension investments

United Kingdom - July 11 2023 As expected, the Chancellor used his annual Mansion House speech last night to announce a series of initiatives designed to increase the amount UK…

Annual Funding Statement 2023: Trustees urged to lock in funding gains and review long term targets

United Kingdom - May 3 2023 Overall, the Regulator’s Annual Funding Statement strikes a positive tone with most defined benefit schemes experiencing improved funding levels…

Funding Code delayed, new LDI guidance and further updates from tPR

United Kingdom - April 27 2023 The Pensions Regulator has confirmed that the new statutory funding requirements for defined benefit (DB) schemes and the associated new Code of…

How do you solve a problem like adequacy?

United Kingdom - March 21 2023 According to figures published by the Government earlier this month, 38% of working age people (equivalent to 12.5 million) are under saving for…

Government abolishes lifetime allowance

United Kingdom - March 15 2023 In the biggest act of pensions tax simplification in many years, the Chancellor has today announced that the Lifetime Allowance will be abolished from…

LDI liquidity crisis - policy and regulatory responses

United Kingdom - February 7 2023 The immediate panic caused by the liquidity crisis that affected a large number of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes invested in liability driven…

Government unveils raft of DC pension reforms

United Kingdom - January 30 2023 The Minister for Pensions, Laura Trott MP MBE, has today unveiled a range of measures which are designed to reduce the inequality between DB and DC…