For Professionals
Pensions are a complicated business. You have an important role to play in helping trustees and employers to understand the many complexities of modern pension provision.
The essentials
An overview of our work as a regulator and the themes and issues of workplace pensions regulation in the UK.
Featured:
- Workplace pensions law is changing... (PDF, 89kb, 5 pages) A brief overview about the new duties for employers from 2012
In depth
Detailed guidance on key aspects of workplace pensions provision.
Including:
- Defined benefit (DB) funding
- Defined contribution (DC) arrangements
- Scheme governance
- Automatic enrolment
Latest:
- Pensions reform: detailed guidance Sets out the new employer duties and how they should be implemented
Communicating with your clients
Information and resources to help you talk pensions with your clients.
- Understanding employer support for DB schemes (PDF, 71kb, 4 pages) Ensure your trustee clients understand the importance of the employer covenant
- Good governance: keeping pensions safe (PDF, 181kb, 3 pages) Ensure your trustee clients know why good governance matters
What to do if you:
need to check legislation
visit legislation.gov.uk for all you need on Pensions Acts and SIs
need to understand how pensions reform might affect your clients' work
visit our pensions reform section
want to check how your clients should update their scheme details
use our online system, Exchange, to update scheme information
