Displaying items by tag: The Pensions Regulator

Thursday, 18 October 2018 09:33

Pension trustees fined for failing to invest £1.4m promptly

Four trustees of a master trust, who failed to promptly invest members’ savings for three years, affecting 9,081 members and contributions of £1.4 million, have been fined by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

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Wednesday, 29 August 2018 09:07

TPR calls on pension schemes to slash transfer values

A document, released under freedom of information laws, has shown The Pensions Regulator has called on pension schemes to cut transfer values.

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Tuesday, 14 August 2018 16:05

Cautious welcome to joint FCA and TPR anti-scam campaign

The launch of a new FCA and TPR campaign to boost awareness of pensions scams has been welcomed by the profession.

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Friday, 03 August 2018 12:23

TPR adds new members to determine master trust authorisation

The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) Determinations Panel has recruited five members, as it prepares to rule on master trust authorisation applications.

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Thursday, 22 March 2018 15:34

Bosses who risk DB pensions could be hit retrospectively

Bosses who have jeopardised defined benefit pension schemes could be fined retrospectively, Secretary of State Esther McVey has announced.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 12:58

DWP re-appoints chair of The Pensions Regulator

The Department for Work and Pensions has re-appointed Mark Boyle for a second three year term as non-executive chair of The Pensions Regulator.

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Friday, 17 February 2017 13:20

'Stunned' AMPS says no to outlawing SSAS

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has rejected a call to outlaw SSAS schemes to cut down on pension scams and says it is “stunned” the idea has been proposed.

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Friday, 12 February 2016 12:25

Pension transfers ‘roadmap’ to be created

A pension transfers ‘roadmap’ is to be produced to help people navigate through the process.

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Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:28

Danger looms for smaller firms as auto-enrolment data shock awaits

The Pensions Regulator recently stated that only 46 per cent of those staging in 2017 were aware of their responsibilities.

Many of the nearly two million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data needed to complete the process, an advice firm has warned.

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Friday, 17 July 2015 12:54