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In this latest blog in our Mansion House series, we take a look at the Government’s newly published industrial and infrastructure strategies. What is the Government hoping to achieve with these strategies, and what implications do they have for pension schemes’ investments?
As part of their commitment to the Mansion House Accord, major DC pension…
In this latest blog on the Government’s Mansion House reforms, we consider regulatory restrictions on pension scheme investment and what they mean for the Government’s agenda. So, what are the implications for the recently announced Manion House Accord and the new Pension Schemes Bill?
Alongside trustees’ fiduciary duties (more on which you can read in…
On 29 May 2025, the Government published the outcome of its February 2024 consultation on options for DB schemes. In a previous blog, we examined some of the key regulatory obstacles to unlocking DB scheme surplus, and explored some ways this could be made easier. But what does the Government think? We take a…
In this third blog on the Mansion House reforms, by way of an update to our second, we turn our attention to the new Mansion House Accord and how it relates to the old Mansion House Compact. This is a different strand of Government policy – it is not legally binding, but rather a voluntary…
In our first blog on the Government’s Mansion House reforms we considered the humble fiduciary duty, and its potential to deter trustees from investing in UK growth assets.
In this second blog we turn our attention to proposed changes to the Mansion House Compact. This is a different strand of Government policy – the Compact…
Given that April 6, 2022 was the date set out in the new draft notifiable events regulations it seems distinctly odd that there has been complete silence since the consultation closed last October.
I am hoping the silence is down to legislators having a long hard think about whether the drafting is fit for purpose…
I read with interest the blog post by Nicola Parish, TPR’s Executive Director of Frontline Regulation, on December 8, 2021, where she warned trustees of DB schemes to be vigilant in the current economic climate. Nicola emphasised the need for strong, open relationships with employers and I think she is spot on with that comment. …
The UK Pensions Regulator has offered some comfort to investors and funds which may have been deterred from investing in UK companies with historic defined benefit liabilities.
It is unusual, as a matter of English law, for the corporate veil to be capable of being pierced – normally the liability incurred by one group company…
UK Pensions – is the current annual allowance limit unfair and unworkable?
The Revenue has been forced, finally, to face up to the fact that the annual allowance changes in relation to pensions contributions which attract tax relief, and which were brought into force in April 2016, are unfair and unworkable. The Treasury announced on …
