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L&G and Aviva argue for Australia as the “silver bullet” for the Pension Schemes Bill

You can follow this session from this link, it is the last session of the morning with the Government Committee Unfortunately the wrong people had been put forward by Aviva (Dale Critchley) and L&G (Colin Clarke) to talk about surplus … Continue reading

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An angry and animated Torsten Bell discusses parts of his Pension Schemes Bill

Torsten Bell did not look a happy Pension Minister when he had to deal with a question about Pre-97 indexation of FAS schemes. You can tell that Terry Monk behind Torsten Bell has slightly less defensive body language and a … Continue reading

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Why wealth managers and advisers shouldn’t dismiss the Pension Schemes Bill

This article is the  Pension Schemes Act will be  important to clients and their advisers This month the Pension Minister, Torsten Bell published a long Bill concerned with Pension Schemes. Intermediaries in the retail market may consider it has little … Continue reading

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Does the Pension Bill give schemes the “pieces” to run on?

  Brightwell ran a webinar yesterday morning, sadly I was called to hospital and could not attend but I hear that the overwhelming view of schemes was that they wanted to stay open rather than hand on the rights to … Continue reading

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Who’s going to make it to mega-fund? The writing’s on the wall for all but a few.

Parliament has published for MPs and those in the upper house a document “Explanatory Notes”  that explains the Pension Schemes Bill 2025. You can download it here. It is interesting to see where the emphasis of the explanation is. There … Continue reading

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Employer’s DB “money-back” will be slow and 5% of the surplus.

In case the Pension Security Alliance (aka Just and PIC insurers and John Ralfe) are still worrying you, here is the proposal from the Government of the  Pension Schemes Bill  , as Mary McDougall explains out in her article. Only … Continue reading

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The man behind the Pension Schemes Bill – Torsten Bill.

Torsten Bell is now Pension Minister. When he did this interview he had just become an MP. Thanks to John Mather for sending it me on the day he delivered a Pensions Bill for which he will be remembered. He … Continue reading

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How to read the Pension Schemes Bill – start with the Roadmap!

The big, beautiful (pensions) bill has been introduced to the @HouseofCommons this afternoon pic.twitter.com/VFZrPN2kdA — Torsten Bell (@TorstenBell) June 5, 2025 Two documents that will shape private and public pensions for the next decade Yesterday saw  two documents published  that … Continue reading

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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? The DB Funding Code: An Existential Threat to Open DB Scheme

  We have been asked what impact the Funding Code would have on open schemes by a number of correspondents.  This blog illustrates why the new funding code is the  biggest risk that open scheme members face . Simply put, … Continue reading

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“Let my data go” – our plea to parliament

Submission to the Committee scrutinising the Pension Schemes Bill   1, This submission from Henry Tapper in his capacity as CEO of AgeWage and Chairperson of the Pension PlayPen. These private companies are digital resources for individuals and employers to … Continue reading

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