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DC schemes: Sackers’ response to TPR’s compliance and enforcement policy consultation

Background TPR’s latest consultation sets out its proposed approach to compliance in relation to occupational DC trust-based schemes.  The draft policy outlines TPR’s expectations for compliance with relevant pensions legislation, as...

2014/15 Pension Protection Levy Consultation: Sackers’ response

Background The PPF published its consultation on the 2014/15 Pension Protection Levy Determination on 5 September 2013.  The PPF’s intention is that the levy parameters are unchanged for 2014/15, meaning the total levy will be £695...

Quality standards in workplace defined contribution pension schemes: Response to DWP call for evidence

Background From its latest call for evidence on quality standards in workplace DC schemes, the DWP is looking to gain a greater understanding of the extent to which key standards of governance, investment and administration are currently...

Sackers’ Response to Consultation on Individual Protection 2014

Background The joint HMT/ HMRC consultation on Individual Protection from the Lifetime Allowance Charge seeks to assist those with pension savings in excess of the new LTA when it reduces to £1.25m on 6 April 2014. IP14 will enable...

Sackers’ Response to DWP consultation on employer debt

Background The DWP’s consultation and draft regulations seek to address defective drafting in The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010, which, if adopted, will amend...

Sackers’ Response to DWP Consultation on Technical Changes to Automatic Enrolment

Background The present Consultation (Technical Changes to Automatic Enrolment) seeks views on proposals for a number of practical and technical improvements to the rules governing auto-enrolment, based on feedback and experience gained in...

Sackers’ Response to DWP Consultation on the Disclosure Regulations 2013

Background The DWP’s consultation on The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013 (the Regulations) seeks to: streamline the regulations on disclosure, harmonising the terminology used...