We look at developments relating to employer covenant strength and scheme funding.  This includes issues such as contingent assets, corporate restructurings, financial distress and insolvency.

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UK Pensions Briefing: Changes to the Pensions Regulator’s mandatory notifications regime

Changes to the Pensions Regulator’s mandatory notifications regime

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting on the detail of proposed changes to the Pensions Regulator’s mandatory “notifiable events” regime.

United Kingdom | Publication | September 22, 2021
UK Pensions Briefing: The UK Takeover Code: Overview of key aspects relevant to pension schemes

UK Pensions Briefing: The UK Takeover Code: Overview of key aspects relevant to pension schemes

Since 2013, it has been necessary under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the Code) to...

United Kingdom | Publication | August 25, 2021
UK Pensions Briefing: Pensions Regulator’s 2021 Annual Funding Statement: What employers need to know

UK Pensions briefing

The Pensions Regulator has published its annual funding statement for 2021

United Kingdom | Publication | June 24, 2021
UK Pensions Briefing: The Pensions Regulator’s draft policy on its new criminal powers

UK Pensions Briefing: The Pensions Regulator’s draft policy on its new criminal powers

The Pensions Regulator is consulting on a draft policy which outlines how it intends to investigate and prosecute the two key criminal offences which were created by the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the Act) and are expected to come into force from October 2021.

United Kingdom | Publication | April 09, 2021
UK Pensions Briefing: Stronger powers for the Pensions Regulator

UK Pensions Briefing: Stronger powers for the Pensions Regulator

The new Pension Schemes Act 2021, once fully implemented, will significantly enhance the powers of the Pensions Regulator. It will also materially increase the obligations of scheme employers to notify the Regulator and scheme trustees of planned corporate transactions.

United Kingdom | Publication | February 15, 2021
UK Pensions Briefing: Covenant strength and deficit funding: The curious case of the Railways Pension Scheme

UK: Pensions Briefing: Covenant strength and deficit funding

The impact of a good overall covenant on the funding requirements of a defined benefit pension scheme and the ability for a deterioration in the covenant to result in a sharp spike in funding liabilities cannot be underestimated.

United Kingdom | Publication | July 08, 2020
UK Pensions Briefing: Pension Schemes and the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

UK: Pensions Briefing: Pension Schemes and the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) made lightning quick progress through the Parliamentary process – it was introduced as a Bill in the House of Commons on May 20, 2020, and obtained Royal Assent on June 25, 2020.

United Kingdom | Publication | July 03, 2020
UK Pensions Stop Press - COVID-19 guidance updates from the UK Pensions Regulator

UK Pensions Stop Press - COVID-19 guidance updates from the UK Pensions Regulator

The Pensions Regulator has been busy updating its COVID-19 guidance and on June 16, 2020 announced a number of changes.

United Kingdom | Publication | June 22, 2020
UK Pensions briefing: The Pensions Regulators annual funding statement 2020

UK: The Pensions Regulators annual funding statement 2020

On April 30, 2020, the Pensions Regulator (the Regulator) published its latest annual funding statement.

United Kingdom | Publication | May 01, 2020


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