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12/10/2009: 7 Days

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Commission to strengthen supervision of EU`s financial sector PENSION PROTECTION FUND Valuation assumption guidance updated Barfield appointed to PPF Board PENSIONS REGULATOR New form for capturing recovery plan data...

05/10/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION Companies Act 2006 GOVERNMENT ACTUARY`S DEPARTMENT Annual report published for 2008/09 HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS Occupational and Personal Pensions: Statistics PENSION PROTECTION FUND 2010/11 Levy package announced Download...

The Road to 2012: building the foundations for new pensions saving

While the foundations are being laid at the Olympic Park, the groundwork is also being set for another big event in 2012, the introduction of the new automatic enrolment requirements and the Personal Accounts regime. In our latest eNews we...

Default retirement age of 65 – here today, gone tomorrow?

The eagerly awaited High Court decision in the Heyday case was published on 25 September 2009. The case centred on a challenge to the legality of provisions in the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 which allow employers to dismiss...

28/09/2009: 7 Days

ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ACTUARIES ACA publishes second pension trends survey – “Pension reform: a pig in a poke?” BOARD FOR ACTUARIAL STANDARDS New actuarial reporting standard – final version published DEPARTMENT...

Once more unto the employer debt breach

In response to industry concerns that the employer debt legislation unnecessarily inhibits corporate activity (a concern also voice by the Deregulatory Review), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a consultation...

21/09/2009: 7 Days

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS Consultation on Employer Debt regulations HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS Guidance on the Special Annual Allowance PENSIONS POLICY INSTITUTE Report on retirement income and assets: how can housing support...