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Companies Act 2006 – the next wave

October 2008 sees the next wave of sections under the Companies Act 2006 come into force. Occupational pension schemes with corporate trustees will no doubt already be familiar with provisions of the Act which have already surfaced (such...

Anti-money laundering – HMRC u-turn

Since 15 December 2007, “trust or company service providers” (TCSPs) who are providing their services “by way of business” must comply with certain anti-money laundering requirements, including registering with HM...

Countdown to the new transfer value regulations

Time is ticking! As many trustees are already keely aware, there are now only two months to go before revised transfer value legislation finally becomes law on 1 October 2008. The lengthy consultation process started as long ago as May...

The requirement under section 171 of the Pensions Act 2004 to equalise compensation to allow for differences in the GMP formula

Sacker & Partners LLP has submitted a response to the consultation of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) on the “Requirement under section 171 of the Pensions Act 2004 to equalise compensation to allow for differences in the GMP...

Updating the Myners principles

Sacker & Partners LLP has submitted a response to the joint consultation published by HM Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions and the Pensions Regulator “Updating the Myners Principles”. The consultation closed on Monday, 23...

Amendments to the anti-avoidance measures in the Pensions Act 2004

Sacker & Partners LLP has submitted a response to the consultation on the Department for Work and Pension’s consultation on the “Amendments to the Anti-avoidance Measures in the Pensions Act 2004”. The consultation closed on...

Risk sharing – the Government consults

Private sector pension provision in the UK has traditionally been dominated by defined benefit (DB) schemes. However, since the DB heyday of the late 1960’s when nearly 8 million people were contributing to DB pensions, private...