P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin (20 Feb 2015)

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The Watch List

6th April, 2015 changes

  • DB to DC transfers: requirement for financial advice
  • new DC governance requirements and charging restrictions
  • DC pensions guidance: "Second line of defence"

New law

  • automatic transfers: framework document
  • PPF administration levy: increases for 2015/2016, 2016/17 and 2017/18

Tax

  • HMRC’s Pensions Liberation Update newsletter

Cases

  • no duty on trustees to warn member about retrospective benefit changes: Ombudsman’s determination in relation to Levinson
  • Pensions liberation: Ombudsman’s statement in relation to transfers that were not blocked

Points in practice

  • PPF levy 2015/16: guidance on contingent assets: Guarantor’s strength
  • abolition of DB contracting-out: HMRC’s Countdown Bulletin 5
  • automatic enrolment: Increase in Regulator’s enforcement activity
  • requirement for clearing derivatives: European Commission recommends further 2 year exemption for pension funds

Client seminars

  • Pensions Update seminar: 11th February, 2015: Packs available
  • Pensions Update seminars 2015