Year: 2021

Find out what’s happening at Sackers. Our News section provides information about recent work, press comment and media coverage, and what our people are doing.

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Government response to consultation on climate change regulations and guidance

Introduction On 8 June 2021, the DWP published its response to the January 2021 consultation, “Taking action on climate risk: improving governance and reporting by Occupational Pension Schemes” (see our Alert), together with revised...

Pension scams: Empowering trustees and protecting members – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The DWP is consulting on draft regulations intended to deliver on the provisions set out in section 125 of the Pension Schemes Act 2021 in relation to pension transfers to and from both occupational and personal pension schemes....

7 days – 7 June 2021

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days EIOPA guidelines on PEPP supervisory...

7 days – 1 June 2021

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days Pension Schemes Act 2021 (Commencement...

New contribution notices under PSA21 – TPR consults on code of practice changes

Introduction On 27 May 2021, TPR published a consultation on draft changes to Code of Practice 12 (to be titled “Contribution Notices: Circumstances in relation to the material detriment test, the employer insolvency test and the...

2021 funding statement – the continuing impact of a global pandemic

Introduction TPR’s latest annual funding statement was published yesterday. Unsurprisingly, the current pandemic (and its knock-on effect on covenant monitoring and contingency planning) remains a high priority. The statement also...

7 days – 24 May 2021

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days Dormant Assets Bill introduced to...

Master trust agenda – Q2 2021

Welcome to our new quarterly bulletin about current and future developments affecting master trusts, setting out key items to consider for inclusion on your trustee agenda. Master trust agenda – Q2...