The Pensions Brief is a monthly update for trustees and employers of occupational pension schemes in the UK. It provides headline summaries of developments over the previous month and associated action points. It also...more
Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on your next...more
ESG – compliance review findings - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published the findings from its review of how trustees are complying with their wider ESG duties. The review concludes that while 99% of trustees of...more
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2024 annual funding statement which is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2023 and 21 September 2024. It is also relevant to...more
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report outlining how they worked with Capita following a cyber incident last year (see our legal update), and detailing the key steps trustees should take...more
On October 19, 2023, the UK government’s Taskforce on Social Factors (Taskforce) launched a consultation to produce guidance on how pension funds can consider social issues in their investment decisions. The guide is intended...more
Welcome to Hogan Lovells UK pension team’s April 2022 newsletter, covering highlights from the previous month. Contents GMP equalisation update Encouraging DC schemes to invest in illiquid assets Notifiable events update ...more
A further judgment from the High Court has clarified what pension schemes must do in relation to previous transfers out after 17 May 1990 (the date of the Barber decision) where the transferring member had a right to a...more
- Most defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK are affected by the High Court decision in October last year that schemes must equalise for the unequal effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) on men and women. -...more
The government is consulting on strengthening the powers of the Pensions Regulator. Greater oversight of corporate transactions is a central focus, with changes to the notifiable events framework and a new declaration of...more
In a landmark decision which will impact most defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK, the High Court held on 26 October 2018 that pension schemes must equalise for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs)...more
In a landmark decision which will impact most defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the High Court held on 26 October 2018 that pension schemes must equalise for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) providing...more
Hogan Lovells pension group is delighted to send you our September e-newsletter. Topics covered include, an update on VAT, PPF deadlines, pension liberation and Pension Ombudsman cases on increases to deferred pensions and...more