Quarterly briefing – September 2021


The Sackers Quarterly Briefing Q3 2021 highlights significant developments in pensions, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developments, new legislation and cases.

In this briefing

Hot topic: Pension Schemes Act 2021

  • Timetable at a glance
  • Climate change
  • TPR’s powers
  • DB scheme funding
  • Transfers and scams
  • CDC
  • Dashboards

DC update

  • Simpler annual benefit statements
  • Permitted charges
  • VfM, and incentivising consolidation
  • DWP consultation on “nudge” to pensions guidance

Regulatory

  • TPR
  • Data protection

In other news

  • Finance Act 2021 receives Royal Assent
  • Finance Bill 2021-22 published
  • GMP conversion and equalisation update
  • MoneyHelper launches

Cases

  • Court of Appeal
  • TPO