Jun 22, 2021 DB transfer advice - more complaints on the horizon? By Andrew Murphy Lauren Jackson Amy Rentell In 2019, the UK's FCA commissioned an in-depth review into defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice. Since that time, there has been...
May 25, 2021 Pension transfer regulations: empowering trustees and protecting members? By Andrew Murphy Lauren Jackson Amy Rentell Jack Harrison +1 more... Show less At present pension scheme trustees have little scope to refuse a member’s request to transfer their pension savings to another scheme,...
Apr 17, 2020 COVID-19: Impact on UK pension scheme funding for forthcoming valuations, and changes in the UK regulatory regime By Charles Magoffin Dawn Heath Andrew Murphy Tharusha Rajapakse Lauren Jackson Gareth Davies +3 more... Show less One of the many economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be sharp increases in the funding deficits of UK defined benefit...
Apr 06, 2020 COVID-19 – the impact on UK pension scheme funding and potential actions which employers and trustees can take By Charles Magoffin Dawn Heath Andrew Murphy Tharusha Rajapakse Lauren Jackson Gareth Davies +3 more... Show less The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is placing companies under huge pressure, with many employees being furloughed or in some cases made...
Nov 11, 2019 New consent requirements for the payment of dividends by UK public companies? By Lauren Jackson The last week of October marked another interesting development in the increasing focus on the payment of dividends by companies which...
Jul 04, 2019 Growing regulatory pressure in the UK to limit dividend payments By Lauren Jackson When it comes to the payment of dividends the UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) is increasingly focused on what it considers to be “equity of...
May 17, 2017 UK regulatory risk as attitudes to dividends harden By Lauren Jackson This week saw the publication of the UK Pensions Regulator’s (tPR) Annual Funding Statement. It is clear from this statement that tPR’s...