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09/11/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009 ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IASB and FASB commitment to improve International Financial Reporting Standards ACTUARIAL PROFESSION Groupe...

Workplace Pension Reform – Completing the Picture

The purpose of this document is to set out our comments on the draft regulations contained in the Department for Work and Pensions` (DWP) consultation: “Workplace Pension Reform – Completing the Picture” which was...

PPF approves GMP equalisation solution

Following a consultation back in April 2008, the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has finally outlined how it intends to equalise compensation between men and women, to address any inequalities arising from their entitlement to...

02/11/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits (Excluded Benefits for Tax Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ACTUARIAL PROFESSION BAS consultation paper on actuarial information for accounts DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS...

Has your scheme got the governance X factor?

The need for good governance is not exclusive to pension schemes. But for pension schemes the notion of good governance has sprawled into almost every aspect of trustees` work. Set against the backdrop of legislative and regulatory...

26/10/2009: 7 Days

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS Consultation on the Pensions Regulator (Contribution Notices) (Sum Specified following Transfer) Regulations 2010 Personal Accounts: Summary of responses published to consultation on draft Scheme Order and...

19/10/2009: 7 Days

ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS ABI publishes savings manifesto COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN INSURANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS SUPERVISORS Overview of legal requirements under the Pensions Directive COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local...