The substantial jail terms secured against two fraudsters show how TPR and the courts will take tough action against pension scammers.
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Reporting on climate: a challenge but an opportunity
Over the coming months we expect around 100 schemes to publish their first reports produced in line with the Climate Change Governance and Reporting Regulations.
Continue readingProtecting savers in 2022: disrupting crime, managing climate risk and embracing diversity
If the pandemic has shown us anything it’s that the future cannot be predicted with any certainty – nobody has that magical crystal ball.
However, come what may, we are committed to striving to ensure all pension savers are protected and the start of 2022 presents an opportunity to look forward to what the new year will bring to workplace pensions.
Continue readingWhy it’s time for trustees to Pension Wise up
Salt and pepper, strawberries and cream or gin and tonic, all natural bedfellows.
And new rules, set to come into force this year, aim to create a new partnership, one as synonymous as Laurel and Hardy, Cagney and Lacey, or Ant and Dec: accessing a pension and getting guidance.
Continue readingA diverse inclusive new world
Following the publication of its Equality Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Liz Hickey, The Pensions Regulator’s Director of Communications looks forward to what the strategy could achieve for savers and staff by 2025.
Continue readingOur strategy to enhance and protect savers’ pensions
Today, I’m pleased to say we launch the strategy for our future, putting the saver at the heart of what we do, with a clear roadmap of how we will deliver effective change on the ground.
Continue readingDB funding code: busting a few myths
David Fairs reflects on the responses to our first DB funding code consultation and busts a few myths.
Continue readingAct fast to secure schemes when sponsors see distress
The economic road ahead looks bumpy. Mike Birch, TPR’s Director of Supervision, tells defined benefit trustees how they can prepare and what to expect from the regulator
Fast Track or Bespoke? The future of DB valuations
On 2 September, our first consultation on defined benefit (DB) funding is closing. We want your input to help shape the foundations of how we regulate DB schemes for many years to come.
Continue readingAn industry to be proud of
As The Pension Regulator’s home city Brighton gears up for its first virtual Pride, chief executive Charles Counsell explains why diversity and inclusion in pension schemes has never mattered more.
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