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Quarterly Briefing

Contents The June, 2008 Quarterly Briefing (PDF, 225 KB) highlights significant developments in pensions law, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developments, new legislation and cases. Pensions Bill 2007/08...

Conflicts of Interest

Sacker & Partners LLP has submitted a response to consultation on the Pensions Regulator’s draft guidance on “Conflicts of Interest”. The consultation closed on 30th May 2008. Long and detailed, the draft guidance consolidates,...

Financial Assistance Scheme

A response from the trustees of the Data General Employee Benefits Plan to the consultation on “Draft Regulations – The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008” published on 28 March 2008...

Public Sector Focus

Sackers` Public Sector Solutions Unit has wide experience of working with organisations on the complex legal and compliance issues that face public sector schemes and broadly comparable “passport” schemes. In this newsletter we focus...

Proposed extension of anti-avoidance powers

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced its intention to enhance the Pensions Regulator’s powers “to require contributions to pension schemes when sponsor actions materially reduce the security of member...

Admission body arrangements in the Local Government Pension Scheme

Sacker & Partners LLP has responded to the Department for Communities and Local Government consultation and questionnaire regarding the admission arrangements for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Download...

Overpayments – a taxing problem?

In recent years, another layer of complexity has been added to the already complicated (and sometimes emotionally fraught) area of mistaken overpayments by pension schemes. The culprit is the Finance Act 2004 and its treatment of...