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Retirement savings and financial advice – changes in the pipeline

Introduction Two consultations and a call for evidence are underway which look set to simplify certain elements of financial advice in the retirement savings context. For a PDF version of this Alert please click here. In this Alert Key...

FCA consults on transaction cost disclosure in workplace pensions

Introduction On 5 October 2016, the FCA published a consultation paper which proposes rules and guidance to improve the disclosure of transaction costs in workplace pensions. For a PDF version of this Alert please click here. In this Alert...

DC hot topic – Asset security

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here Following the introduction of automatic enrolment and an increasing regulatory focus on DC governance, DC asset security is now in the spotlight. However, not all trustees feel comfortable...

DC hot topic – TPR’s guide to the trustee board

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here TPR’s revised Code of practice on the governance and administration of occupational trust-based schemes providing money purchase benefits came into force on 28 July 2016. To coincide with...

DC hot topic – AVCs and TPR’s DC Code

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here. TPR has amended its Code of practice for occupational trust-based schemes providing money purchase benefits and published new guidance in the form of “how to” guides. The revised DC...

DC hot topic – Key points from TPR’s DC “how to” guides

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here. TPR’s revised Code of practice on the governance and administration of occupational trust-based schemes providing money purchase benefits came into force on 28 July 2016. To coincide with...

Revised DC Code comes into force

Introduction TPR’s revised code of practice on the governance and administration of occupational trust-based schemes providing money purchase benefits (“the Code”) came into force on 28 July 2016.  To coincide with this, TPR has...