Tag Archives: TPR
TPR has a bible to get and keep a CDC scheme authorised.
The Code of Practice for CDC is our bible! I will strain my blog to deliver something that is very serious and meaningful to the DWP, TPR and the few people set upon getting authorised to run a CDC from … Continue reading
Could actuaries have had a better balanced address?
I must admit I wrote to Nausicaa Delfas to thank her for her speech. It is the first time I’ve heard the Pensions Regulator speak of CDC as a (let alone the) way forward. But I feel bound to give … Continue reading
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I give up on VFM for pensions and so does Guy Opperman, I like the guy!
I don’t suppose that former Minister Guy Opperman knew he would be reported at the Aptia conference yesterday. He works for them a couple of days a month and was delivering the kind of comments that would have gone down … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptia, Business, CDC, DWP, FCA, Guy Opperman, pension, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, Value for Money, VFM
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KISS – Pensions need to be kept simple, stupid.
Running this headline yesterday, Professional Pensions became confused between arguments for proliferation from the House of Lords and arguments from an administrator to consolidate pensions onto a few well run administration platforms. This article started out as an attempt by … Continue reading
Should I be worried about the new CDC schemes going wrong?
One of the discussions over Easter about my posts on CDC complained that I only made claims for CDC if a CDC pension scheme was “open”. I referred to the possibility of a CDC scheme entering an endgame and what … Continue reading
David Walmsley – TPR “shaping the endgame”
David Walmsley kicked off an Endgame Conference organised by Professional Pensions More than half (54%) of schemes are in surplus on a full buy-out basis, three quarters are fully solvent. This is for TPR a new world. A new way … Continue reading
We will get VFM when IGCs and Trustees are independent.
This blog argues that advisers have no business interfering in the IGC’s and Trustee’s analysis of VFM. Jonathan Parker: Value for money back under the spotlight I have since their formation in 2015, thought IGCs in the pocket of the … Continue reading
Trustees are for members , not just compliance
Maggie Roger has written a sensible article that explains why member nominated trustees are essential to good governance. Increasingly we are seeing professional trustees taking not just the lead role but the only role as trustees. The view that schemes … Continue reading
“Tapper launches mutual CDC provider” – Corporate Adviser
Published by John Greenwood March 16, 2026 Original on this link A new multi-employer collective DC (CDC) provider has been established by Henry Tapper, chair of AgeWage and head of Pension PlayPen, and Goddard Perry Actuarial senior actuarial consultant Chris Bunford. … Continue reading
Does a DC plan really need to be big to provide a pension?
Millions of defined contribution (DC) savers now have access to in-scheme retirement options, signalling a shift from a savings system to a pension system, the latest data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals. So says Jonathan Stapleton in Professional pensions … Continue reading