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Finance & investment briefing – December 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – December 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Potential implications of Brexit ESG – changes in investment regulations: next steps...

DC briefing – October 2018

The DC briefing (PDF) highlights topical news on DC pensions from a legal viewpoint. In this briefing: Investment changes confirmed Retirement outcomes update TPR’s new approach to regulation On the horizon Spotlight: preventing...

Government response: clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties

Introduction On 11 September 2018, the DWP published a response to the consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (the “2005 Regulations”) together with a final version of the regulations,...

Pension trustees: clarifying and strengthening investment duties

Background On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the Investment Regulations”) which are aimed at “clarifying and...

Finance & investment briefing – September 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – September 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: CMA market investigation into investment consultancy DWP proposed trustee duties on...

DC briefing – August 2018

The DC briefing (PDF) highlights topical news on DC pensions from a legal viewpoint. In this briefing: Latest news Investment changes on the horizon Getting transaction costs information Keep on top of your TKU Auto-enrolment – mandatory...

Consultation on clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties

Introduction On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the Investment Regulations”) which are aimed at “clarifying and...