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06/04/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009 The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009 The...

The Taming of Pension Sharing?

The technical area of pension sharing has been ripe for reform for some time. In the sights of the 2007 Deregulatory Review1, a handful of changes aimed at simplifying sharing came in from 6 April 2009. There has also been an interesting...

30/03/2009: 7 Days

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS DWP Research Report 570: Understanding why some employees don`t participate in employer pension schemes OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS Pension Trends: ONS updates two chapters of its report CASES Royden and...

23/03/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2009 The Social Security (Additional Class 3 National Insurance Contributions) Amendment Regulations 2009 PENSIONS POLICY INSTITUTE Briefing Note 50: The under-pensions: disabled people and...

US class actions

News that Cherie Booth QC is to help represent two local authority pension funds seeking to bring a US class action against the Royal Bank of Scotland has dominated the media over the last day or so. US securities class actions are big...

Fresh approach to disclosure regulation

With spring in the air, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued its latest consultation outlining a fresh approach to disclosure. Having been identified in the Deregulatory Review as an area which could lead the way in terms...

16/03/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Occupational, Personal and Stakeholder Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Pensions Regulator (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009 The Pensions...