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Consultation on the Reform to Retail Prices Index Methodology – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The UK Statistics Authority (“UKSA”) and HMT are jointly consulting on reforming the methodology of the Retail Prices Index (“RPI”).  RPI has been held to have shortcomings, and the UKSA has recommended changes to it,...

Simpler annual benefit statements – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The DWP is consulting on options for the policy approach to the content and presentation of information provided to members through their annual workplace pension benefit statements, including the presentation of information on...

The Pensions Ombudsman: dispute resolution and jurisdiction

Background The DWP is consulting on measures to make new provisions for dispute resolution by The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO). The consultation seeks views on measures to: make new provision for dispute resolution by TPO, in particular a...

Pension trustees: clarifying and strengthening investment duties

Background On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the Investment Regulations”) which are aimed at “clarifying and...

Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes – A Stronger Pensions Regulator

This is a consolidated version of the responses submitted to the DWP using its online survey Background The DWP is seeking views on the first of the consultations promised by this year’s DB White Paper – Protecting defined benefit...

Master Trust Supervision and Enforcement Policy

Background TPR is consulting on its draft master trust supervision and enforcement policy, which sets out its approach to regulating master trust pension schemes. In this response General comments Supervision Enforcement General comments...

The draft Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The DWP is consulting on draft regulations which are designed to enable bulk transfers of contracted-out rights to take place in certain circumstances without member consent, to schemes that have never been contracted-out. In...