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    22.11.2023
    United Kingdom

    Autumn Statement: a bumper day for pensions

    After a quiet King’s Speech for pensions, there was plenty of content to make up for it in today’s Autumn Statement, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing a raft of new pension measures and consultations.  Whilst very little is changing immediately, trustees and employers will need to keep a close eye on the progress of these measures over the coming months.What did the Chancellor have to say?The Autumn Statement is designed to increase private sector investment by £20bn per year, and pension funds have a role to play. The Chancellor looked to build on this summer’s...
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    10.11.2023
    United Kingdom

    Trustee Knowledge Update – August-October 2023

    Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that they are up to date with relevant changes in the law, which given the volume of pensions legislation and regulation and other demands on their time, can be difficult. With this in mind, our regular trustee knowledge update (“TKU”) is aimed specifically at pension scheme trustees, letting them know what has changed in the last quarter and how it might be relevant to them. It highlights...
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    05.09.2023
    Omán

    The New Oman Social Protection Fund Law - Key Changes

    The Sultanate of Oman as a welfare state has for long operated under the old Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI) Law (Royal Decree 72/9). Recently however, Oman has enacted the novel Social Protection Fund Law (SPFL) (Royal Decree 52/2023) in an attempt to enhance its social welfare framework by creating a single and unified social protection fund that improves financing and provides a wide range of benefits to workers and their families. This article provides an overview of some of the key aspects of the new law and compares it with its repealed predecessor, by highlighting the key impacts...
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    08.08.2023
    United Kingdom

    Trustee Knowledge Update - May - July 2023

    Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme. They must also ensure that they are up to date with relevant changes in the law, which given the volume of pensions legislation and regulation and other demands on their time, can be difficult. With this in mind, our regular trustee knowledge update (“TKU”) is aimed specifically at pension scheme trustees, letting them know what has changed in the last quarter and how it might be relevant to them. It highlights...
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    16.06.2023
    United Kingdom

    Contracted out schemes - are your amendments valid?

    The High Court has handed down an important, and potentially problematic, judgment on the effectiveness of historic amendments to contracted-out DB pension schemes. Trustees will need to work with their advisers to consider the impact of this decision on their scheme.The backgroundUnder section 37 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, the rules of a salary-related contracted-out scheme could not be altered in relation to “section 9(2B) rights” unless the actuary had confirmed in writing that the scheme would continue to satisfy the statutory standard. Section 9(2B) rights are rights attributable...
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    03.05.2023
    United Kingdom

    Trustee Knowledge Update - February - April 2023

    Trustees of occupational pension schemes have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme.  They must also ensure that they are up to date with relevant changes in the law, which given the volume of pensions legislation and regulation and other demands on their time, can be difficult.With this in mind, our regular trustee knowledge update (“TKU”) is aimed specifically at pension scheme trustees, letting them know what has changed in the last quarter and how it might be relevant to them. It highlights...
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