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| Pensions Bill on last lap |
| 14/11/2008 |
| The Pensions Bill is in the final stages of the Parliamentary process and is scheduled to have its Third Reading in the House of Lords on 19 November, before returning to the Commons. Depending on the extent of ... more |
| TPR issues statement to trustees about current financial pressures |
| 30/10/2008 |
| The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a statement to trustees of all work-based pension schemes setting out its general position in relation to current market conditions. The statement highlights that ... more |
| Moral hazard: Govt to modify new powers in Pensions Bill |
| 22/10/2008 |
| The Government is withdrawing the controversial Clause 123 from the Pensions Bill, which would have given the Secretary of State sweeping powers to amend the PA 2004 provisions on contribution notices, financial support directions and restoration orders, retrospectively to 14 April 2008, ... more |
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| Aries has become the preferred tool for pension providers, administrators and advisers who have to make sense of the UK regulatory regime ... more |
| Update on the Pensions Bill |
| 06/10/2008 |
| As Parliament resumes today, debate will begin on a new swathe of amendments to the Pensions Bill. Most of them have been tabled by the Government, as we anticipated in our previous article on the Bill's progress. As it currently stands ... more |
| New Guidance from The Pensions Regulator on Conflicts of Interest and Transfer Values |
| 01/10/2008 |
| Following a three-month consultation which ended on 30 May 2008, to which there were 42 responses from a cross-section of interested parties, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has today published guidance to help trustees ... more |
| DWP draft regulations on GMP conversion |
| 19/09/2008 |
| Until 28 October 2008 the DWP is inviting comments on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 which (a) specify how actuarial equivalence must be determined in order to convert the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions of members into scheme benefits; and (b) set out conditions under which ... more |
| Pensions on Divorce: new legislation aligned with tax rules from 6 April 2009 |
| 10/09/2008 |
| The DWP has announced that following a recent consultation, it now plans to bring The Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 into effect on 6 April 2009. The original target date was 1 October 2008 ... more |
| New guidance from TPR on calculation of transfer values |
| 07/08/2008 |
| Today The Pensions Regulator (TPR) launched a 6-week consultation on draft guidance on calculating cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs). The guidance has been written to help trustees ... more |
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RPI for September 2008: 218.4 RPI Table |
| NAE for July 2008: 134.4 (provisional) NAE Table |
| Standard Lifetime Allowance for 2008 - 2009: £1,650,000 Table |
| Annual Allowance for 2008 - 2009: £235,000 Table |
| Earnings cap for 2008 - 2009: £117,600 Table |
| LEL for 2008 - 2009: £4,680 p.a. UEL for 2007 - 2008: £40,040 p.a. Table |
| LPI from Jan 2008: 3.9% LPI Table |
| Increase to post-1988 GMPs in payment for 2008/ 2009: 3% Table |
| Basic State Pension for 2008 - 2009: Single £4,716.40 p.a. Married £7,542.60 p.a. BSRP Table |
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