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  • Third time still unlucky – Barnardo’s trustees must retain RPI

    Third time still unlucky – Barnardo’s trustees must retain RPI

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    We have previously looked at the attempts by the trustees of the Barnardo Staff Pension Scheme to switch the measure of their p…

  • GMP equalisation – a decision at last

    GMP equalisation – a decision at last

    Article

    GMPs are unequal in a number of ways, most notably because full GMP entitlement is built up at age 60 for women and age 65 men.…

  • Rewrite history anyone?

    Rewrite history anyone?

    Article

    Is rewriting history permissable? Here we look at the history of the BIC UK Pension Scheme and where we are now.

  • Closing a pension scheme to accrual – a more relaxed approach?

    Closing a pension scheme to accrual – a more relaxed approach?

    Article

    As more DB pension schemes have closed in recent years, one of the most problematic issues for many employers is where scheme r…

  • RPI or CPI – how to calculate pension increases

    RPI or CPI – how to calculate pension increases

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    The High Court has given judgment in a case concerning the use of the retail prices index (RPI) as an index for calculating inc…

  • Deadline approaches for protected rights amendments

    Deadline approaches for protected rights amendments

    Article

    Until 6 April 2012, members of a contracted-out money purchase scheme (or an appropriate personal pension scheme) could accrue …

  • Heading in the right direction? A consultation on the transfer of contracted-out benefits

    Heading in the right direction? A consultation on the transfer of contracted-out benefits

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    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has responded to an ‘urgent demand by the industry’, publishing a consultation on th…

  • Contracting-out & GMP revaluation – upcoming deadline

    Contracting-out & GMP revaluation – upcoming deadline

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    Contracting-out for salary related pension schemes was abolished from 6 April 2016. 6 April 2017 is the fast approaching deadli…

  • Contracts and Pension Schemes – When is a contract not a contract?

    Contracts and Pension Schemes – When is a contract not a contract?

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    In 2010 the Government announced that the statutory minimum amounts by which pensions in payment should be increased, and defer…

  • Defective trust deeds – an expensive oversight?

    Defective trust deeds – an expensive oversight?

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    In order to be effective, an instrument intending to be a deed, must be signed by the individual creating the deed in the prese…

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