Tag Archives: TPR

The video , the slides and the feedback on Con Keating’s data tour de force.

Though Dr Iain Clacher never quite made it onto the webcast, attendants of Pension PlayPen’s last webinar of the financial year were treated to the sombre tones of Dr Con Keating who talked us through the anomalies between data supplied … Continue reading

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Thames Water – a punchy and pun-free assessment for its pensioners.

  An annoying feature of almost every report on Thames Water is the intentional puns on “liquidity” and many derivatives of the “fluidity” of the situation. Actually – these jokes are both tiresome and annoying so I’m going to try … Continue reading

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Parliament V TPR – pension funding rift grows

UK pension rules risk ‘finishing off’ remaining defined-benefit plans, MPs warn https://t.co/9M2lz6c2Ky via @ft — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) March 26, 2024 Early birds can catch the free link to Jo’s story here . If the link’s expired, mail henry@agewage.com – … Continue reading

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ONS data casts doubt on UK DB funding levels

DB Pensions Data and Policy Analysis   Iain Clacher & Con Keating The new Funding Regulations laid before Parliament have an impact assessment which relies upon analysis provided by the Pensions Regulator (TPR). Similarly, the current consultation on options for … Continue reading

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The high price we are paying for pension fraud

This blog is about a discussion in parliament about cleaning up a legacy of pension scams and a discussion in the popular press about how legislation designed to stop those scams is leading to popular discontent. This morning, we continue … Continue reading

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Do we yet know the true state of DB pension finances?

Download the correspondence between TPR and the Work and Pensions Committee and you find yourself with something called . It’s a spelling which suggests something a little irregular , a suggestion confirmed by the contents of the file The “dispute” … Continue reading

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No more monkey business on the DB funding code and regs.

This blog suggests that the Government’s consultation on the DB funding regulations and the yet to be published DB funding code is monkey business. The DWP should take a step back before making more mistakes. After  years of too-ing and … Continue reading

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A sensible outcome to the General Levy Consultation

There are two ways to react to the Government’s u-turn on their “option 3” proposal for the General Levy. Option 3- aka “the nuclear option ” would have seen small occupational schemes having to stump up an extra £10,000 in … Continue reading

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Is spring in the air at TPR – (an organisational announcement that prompts three questions).

It’s encouraging to read that the Pensions Regulator is reorganising. The Pensions Regulator makes strategic shift in its oversight of the workplace pensions market But there are questions we should be asking about the “strategic shift” and these three come … Continue reading

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LDI “episode” cost our pensions £166,000,000,000

An Analysis of the Pensions Regulator’s Review of impact on DB landscape following (the) LDI Episode: Part 2 This is the second of our blogs commenting on TPR’s Report to Work and Pensions Committee on LDI. The first can be … Continue reading

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