7 Days Archive
14th January 2019
- LTA increase confirmed
- FCA highlights developments in pensions savings and retirement income sector
- HMRC guidance for members on allowances when flexibly accessing pension
- Consultation launched to strengthen LGPS pension protection
- GMP equalisation industry group established
- PPF updates insolvency guidance
- WPC launches inquiry into charging for DB transfer advice
7th January 2019
- Pensions cold-calling ban to come into force
- Audit reform proposals – CMA, Brydon and Kingman reviews
- DWP releases consultation in relation to TPO
- DWP publishes plans for retirement saving trials for the self-employed
- Government publishes no-deal Brexit pensions guidance
- HMRC publishes Countdown Bulletin issue 40
- HMRC publishes guidance on members’ contracted-out rights
- Government response to LGPS consultation published
- PPF publishes further update on post-Hampshire approach
- PPF launches DB SME forum
- Single Financial Guidance Body officially launches
- TPR appoints Charles Counsell as new Chief Executive
- The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State and another v McCloud and Mostyn and others and Sargeant v London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and others – Court of Appeal, 20 December 2018
- Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme and another – December 2018
17th December 2018
- The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2018
- CMA publishes final report on investment consultancy market
- The FCA consults on patient capital
- Manage and Register Pension Schemes service newsletter
- Final PPF Levy Determination 2019/20 published
- Pensions Ombudsman reappointed
- TPR warns schemes to check if they are master trusts
10th December 2018
- Automatic enrolment: earnings trigger review and 2019/20 qualifying earnings band published
- Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 published
- Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc, and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
- DWP consults on DB consolidation vehicles
- FCA publishes key findings on pension transfer advice work
- Joint scams campaign leads to surge in queries
- HMRC publishes Relief at Source Pension Schemes Newsletter December 2018
- Indexation of public service pensions direction issued
- PLSA launches patient capital guide for trustees
- Thirteenth version of the Purple Book published
- British Telecommunications PLC v BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited & Bruce-Watt (Court of Appeal, 4 December 2018)
3rd December 2018
- The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2018
- Revaluation of State Pension components – Orders made
- State Pension uprating confirmed
- Pensions dashboards: feasibility report and consultation
- FSCS to raise “supplementary levy”
- HMRC publishes Countdown Bulletin issue 39
- PPF launches new website
- PPI publishes report on CDC schemes
- Hymanson v HMRC – First-tier Tribunal (13 November 2018)