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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published guidance for trustees on new models and options for DB and hybrid pension schemes. While some of these are endgame options, the guidance also covers options for improving financial...more
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions....more
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: The DWP’s consultation response to Options for defined benefit (DB) schemes: Surplus extraction from DB schemes Proposals...more
As we move further into 2025, significant changes are on the horizon for employee benefits across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). From increases in national insurance contributions in the UK to landmark pension...more
ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - MARKET VOLATILITY – PENSIONS REGULATOR REPORT - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a market oversight report on market volatility and what trustees should do, which sets out how...more
A multiemployer plan that prevails in an action to collect delinquent contributions or withdrawal liability is statutorily entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs “of the action.” In International Painters &...more
The government has published the Final Report of its Pensions Investment Review, together with a response to its consultation on unlocking the UK pensions market for growth. These confirm that the government will proceed with...more
We have written about the opportunities for the managers of private funds, such as private equity, real estate, venture, and infrastructure managers, to increase the investor base for the funds they manage (funds) to include...more
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Protecting member identities during high risk events Guidance from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) on...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
Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on...more
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Mansion House Accord: pension providers commit to increase...more
Germany’s recent federal election signaled a shift in the country’s politics – and employers will surely feel the impact. The center-right Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Christian Social Union, won the...more
A federal district court in Illinois became the first court to rule that an employer’s credit for a prior partial withdrawal should be applied at the end of the statute’s “waterfall” for calculating withdrawal liability. The...more
Holding a settlement agreement was a revised withdrawal liability assessment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected a group of dairy companies’ petition to dismiss a pension fund’s claim to enforce a $39...more
T. Rowe Price announced today the launch of in-plan emergency savings accounts (ESAs) for participants in retirement plans....more
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Pensions dashboards: schemes with multiple administrators A toolkit from the Pensions Administration Standards Association...more
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. TPR guidance on handling market volatility - The Pensions...more
ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - PENSIONS DASHBOARDS – PREPARATIONS FOR CONNECTION - As part of its campaign to get the pensions industry “dashboards-ready”, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has released a series of short...more
We recently reported on a district court decision holding that the Central States Pension Fund’s calculation of withdrawal liability should not have included contribution rate increases imposed after the Fund’s implementation...more
2025 marks the centenary of the Trustee Act 1925, which received Royal Assent in Parliament on 9 April 1925. This article explores how, 100 years on, the Act continues to provide crucial guidance and protection for trustees,...more
The US Department of Labor recently issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2025-01, a temporary enforcement policy regarding the transfer of small retirement plan benefits to state unclaimed property funds. This development...more
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2025 funding statement. It is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2024 and 21 September 2025. However, it is relevant to all DB...more
On April 24, 2025, the Seventh Circuit upheld a Northern District of Illinois decision requiring a multiemployer pension plan to exclude the employers’ post-2014 rehabilitation plan contribution rate increases from the...more