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Hot topic: Annual funding statement 2020 – what employers need to know

Introduction TPR’s annual funding statement (published on 30 April 2020) acknowledges that these are very challenging times for many businesses (see our Alert). Employers will be relieved to see an emphasis on trustees and employers...

Hot topic: GDPR – a reminder for trustees

The current global coronavirus pandemic is forcing trustees and their advisers to work remotely on a scale never seen before. All parties have had to rapidly adapt their processes in order to ensure the continuation of business as usual....

Hot topic: The impact of COVID-19 on member complaints

The impact of COVID-19 is widespread and significant, presenting challenges for trustees and employers in relation to members’ benefits. There is clearly the potential for a spike in member complaints as a result of the current...

DC hot topic: Master trust supervision regime

Until recently, the focus of master trusts has been on obtaining authorisation from the Pensions Regulator (TPR). Master trusts that have been authorised will not, however, be able to rest on their laurels for long. Obtaining authorisation...

DC hot topic: Is your data ready for the Dashboards?

With the introduction of the pensions dashboards on the horizon and TPR’s crackdown on poor record-keeping, schemes should act now to get their data in order. DC hot topic: Is your data ready for the...

Sackers ESG survey for pension schemes: Summary report – key themes and Sackers views

In July 2019 we surveyed 102 trustees and pension scheme managers to gain a better understanding of what pension funds are doing, or intending to do, in response to the various new and updated regulations surrounding environmental, social...

DC hot topic: Exiting the DC master trust market

The arrival of the master trust authorisation regime has focused trustees’ and employers’ minds on the future of any DC non-associated multi-employer schemes that they run. Where these schemes meet the definition of a master trust in...