P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin

Topics covered in this bulletin:

The Watch List

New Law

• Defined benefit schemes Select Committee report
• Bulk DC transfers without consent – call for evidence
• FRC to review companies’ pension disclosure
• Single guidance body – consultation
• Auto-enrolment review and thresholds
• FCA consultation on FSCS compensation

Tax

• Pension Schemes Newsletter 83

Cases

• Gleeds v Briggs – compromise

Points in Practice

• PPF Levy Determination for 2017/18
• EMIR exemption for pensions – further extension confirmed
• Regulator announces Coats settlement
• 21st Century Trusteeship – Regulator’s response