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Today The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have published regulatory guidance for those setting up and running defined benefit (DB) superfunds. Since the DWP’s consultation on consolidation of defined benefit pension schemes closed in February...
Associate, Andrew Harper comments on scheme funding arrangements during these unprecedented times. Trustees who are currently negotiating a valuation should be considering what they can do to protect their scheme both now and over the...
Sackers is delighted to have contributed to the development of a new template for the DC Chair’s Statement for pension scheme trustees. Produced by the DC Governance Group, the template provides a solution to a problem that has plagued...
Associate, Aaron Dunning-Foreman, has written in Corporate Adviser on the potential for a rise in claims from members of Defined Contribution (DC) schemes if their expectations around the performance of their retirement funds are not met....
Associate, Sam Dalling, has written in IPE magazine on the opportunity for trustees to use the COVID-19 lockdown as a chance to better prepare themselves for the impending round of ESG reporting requirements, due on 1 October. The new...
Associate, Caroline Marshall comments on cyber security and the risks to pensions schemes. A cyber incident can mean loss, disruption or damage to a scheme as a result of failures in IT systems and processes, posing risks to data security...
Sackers have provided legal advice to the trustees of the IHS (Global) Ltd. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, as part of a pension risk transfer (PRT) deal agreed by IHS Markit and Legal & General (L&G). Partner, Stuart...
Senior associate, Oliver Topping, has commented in Pensions Expert on the increased susceptibility of pension scheme trustees, administrators and individual members to cyber crime, as a result of remote working. The coronavirus outbreak...
Senior associate, Oliver Topping, has contributed to the Pension Management Institute’s (PMI) COVID-19 industry guide on the lessons learned by the industry in the first few months of the coronavirus outbreak. His article comments on...
