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Dec 21
Payroll industry urged to approach employers ahead of automatic enrolment
Issued: Wednesday 21 December 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today issued an open letter to the payroll software industry.
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Dec 20
New research on employers' automatic enrolment preparations
Issued: Tuesday 20 December 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today published automatic enrolment research showing improving levels of awareness and understanding among small and medium-sized employers. Awareness of the reforms remains high among large employers.
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Dec 19
Regulator welcomes High Court ruling on pension reciprocation
Issued: Monday 19 December 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has reminded individuals of the risks of websites or salespeople offering them the chance to cash in their pension pot tax-free before retirement.
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Dec 15
Mulroy to step down after seven years with regulator
Issued: Thursday 15 December 2011
...The Pensions Regulator's director for Defined Contribution (DC), Governance & Administration June Mulroy has announced her decision to leave the regulator in the New Year.
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Dec 6
Six principles for good workplace DC
Issued: Tuesday 6 December 2011
...The Pensions Regulator will invite the pensions sector to take part in a dialogue on six principles for good design and governance of workplace defined contribution (DC) pension provision, which will form the basis of its regulatory approach going forward
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Nov 28
Industry must press on with automatic enrolment preparations
Issued: Monday 28 November 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has said that those working in the pensions sector should not take their foot off the accelerator in their preparations for automatic enrolment.
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Nov 1
Regulator issues report on Polestar Pension Scheme
Issued: Tuesday 1 November 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today issued a report under Section 89 of the Pensions Act 2004 on the Polestar Pension Scheme following the trustee's announcement to members that the scheme is to be wound up.
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Oct 27
New Head of Risk joins the regulator
Issued: Thursday 27 October 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today announced the appointment of Peter Ullmann as Head of Risk.
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Oct 25
Helping trustees understand risks in hybrid pension arrangements
Issued: Tuesday 25 October 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has warned trustees that governance failings in complex 'hybrid' schemes risk impacting members' retirement benefits.
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Oct 14
Lehman/Nortel Court of Appeal judgment Pensions Regulator response
Issued: Friday 14 October 2011
...The Court of Appeal today handed down its judgment in the appeal brought by the Administrators of insolvent companies in the Nortel and Lehman groups.
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Oct 13
Regulator clarifies the role of DC trustees
Issued: Thursday 13 October 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has published a statement for trustees to clarify the key differences between DB and DC schemes, and the behaviours that DC trustees should demonstrate.
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Sep 29
Regulator to work with Capita to deliver employer education drive
Issued: Thursday 29 September 2011
...The Pensions Regulator today announced that the job of supporting its direct communications with employers concerning changes in pension law has been awarded to Capita Group Plc.
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Sep 20
New e-learning to help trustees identify statutory employer
Issued: Tuesday 20 September 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has launched an online 'bite-sized' module to help trustees accurately identify their scheme's statutory employer ahead of the new requirement to report this on their scheme return form from November.
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Jul 28
Take action to identify your statutory employer
Issued: Thursday 28 July 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today published a statement to help trustees understand the importance of identifying their scheme's statutory employer and how they should set about doing this.
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Jul 28
Automatic enrolment - know the basics
Issued: Thursday 28 July 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has released online interactive tools to help smaller businesses to begin preparing for automatic enrolment.
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Jul 19
New members appointed to regulator's Determinations Panel
Issued: Tuesday 19 July 2011
...The chairman of The Pensions Regulator's Determinations Panel has announced the appointment of five new members to the Panel.
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Jul 18
Soper and Counsell join regulator's board
Issued: Monday 18 July 2011
...The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed the appointment of Stephen Soper and Charles Counsell to the Board of The Pensions Regulator.
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Jul 13
Settlement in Great Lakes case
Issued: Wednesday 13 July 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has decided not to pursue moral hazard proceedings to a full Determinations Panel hearing due to a comprehensive funding package having been agreed
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Jul 7
Enabling good outcomes in DC pensions: next steps
Issued: Thursday 7 July 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has published a response to its industry discussion paper on the regulation of DC pensions
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Jul 1
Regulator publishes annual report and accounts 2010-11
Issued: Friday 1 July 2011
...The Pensions Regulator's action to protect retirement savers and promote high standards across the pensions sector is set out in its latest annual report and accounts 2010-11.
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Jun 21
Fifth governance survey published
Issued: Tuesday 21 June 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has reported on standards of governance and administration in occupational schemes in its fifth governance survey.
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Jun 10
Automatic enrolment checklist for trustees
Issued: Friday 10 June 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has issued a checklist that provides trustees with an overview of what they might need to do to ensure that their scheme is ready to be used for automatic enrolment.
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Jun 9
Regulator confirms Contribution Notice
Issued: Thursday 9 June 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has issued a Contribution Notice (CN) against Michel Van de Wiele (VdW) in relation to the Bonas Group Pension Scheme.
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May 17
Helping employers with automatic enrolment
Issued: Tuesday 17 May 2011
...Letters marking 18 months until the first employers must automatically enrol staff into a workplace pension scheme have started landing in the in-trays of chief executives of the UK's biggest employers.
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Apr 21
Regulator sets out strategic focus for next three years
Issued: Thursday 21 April 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has set out in its fifth Corporate plan how it will help employers prepare for automatic enrolment, improve standards in the DC market, and address funding challenges within different segments of the DB landscape
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Apr 12
Five simple steps to better scheme administration
Issued: Tuesday 12 April 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has today published a guide setting out '5 simple steps' to help trustees of smaller pension schemes understand their responsibilities and to improve standards of administration in their scheme.
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Feb 24
Good administration - how NISPI can help
Issued: Thursday 24 February 2011
...Trustees should make clear to their scheme administrators that they expect them to actively engage with NISPI to complete the wind-up process as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
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Feb 17
Regulator clarifies role of audit in record-keeping
Issued: Thursday 17 February 2011
...New help for trustees sets out their accountability for maintaining accurate data on pension savers and what trustees should expect of the administrators and auditors of the scheme.
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Feb 8
Importance of administration for good member outcomes
Issued: Tuesday 8 February 2011
...The Pensions Regulator today launches its 2011 education drive highlighting the importance of administration in enabling good outcomes from pensions saving.
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Feb 3
Regulator announces senior team portfolios
Issued: Thursday 3 February 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has announced a number of new senior appointments and some changes to the portfolios of its senior management team.
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Jan 28
Enabling good outcomes in DC pension provision
Issued: Friday 28 January 2011
...The Pensions Regulator has published a discussion paper on how it should support the defined contribution (DC) market in the delivery of good outcomes for savers.
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Jan 17
Galvin appointed as new chief executive
Issued: Monday 17 January 2011
...The Pensions Regulator today confirmed the appointment of Bill Galvin as its new chief executive.
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Jan 13
Updated information for employers
Issued: Thursday 13 January 2011
...The Pensions Regulator will be publishing new information for employers during 2011 to help them get to grips with their new duties under workplace pensions reform.
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