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Quarterly briefing – March 2018

Contents The Sackers Quarterly Briefing Q1 2018 highlights significant developments in pensions, covering key areas such as pensions reform, regulatory developments, new legislation and cases. On the horizon Retirement savings reforms...

Finance & investment briefing – March 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – March 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity Environmental, social and governance investment Legal...

7 days – 5 February 2018

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days DWP publishes response to consultation...

7 days – 29 January 2018

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days The Pension Schemes Act 2017...

The draft Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The DWP is consulting on draft regulations which are designed to enable bulk transfers of contracted-out rights to take place in certain circumstances without member consent, to schemes that have never been contracted-out. In...

7 days – 22 January 2018

7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday afternoons. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase...

PPF levy determination for 2018/19

Introduction On 19 December 2017, the PPF published its final levy rules for the 2018/19 levy year. Click here for a PDF of this Alert. In this Alert Key points Type A contingent assets – guarantor strength Contingent assets: standard...

GDPR: countdown to 25 May 2018

Introduction On 25 May this year, new data protection requirements will come into force aimed at creating a regulatory regime fit for the digital age. Much of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will feel familiar, as the new...