Included in this issue: Supreme Court rules nomination form requirement for unmarried survivor's pension breach of human rights law; Key judgment on legal privilege will not be appealed to Supreme Court and more...
- Pensions Green Paper
- Pension surplus–changes to IFRIC 14 Accounting Standard
- Supreme Court rules nomination form requirement for unmarried survivor's pension breach of human rights law
- Key judgment on legal privilege will not be appealed to Supreme Court
- Age discrimination decisions by Employment Tribunals show continued uncertainty around age discrimination and objective justification
- Ombudsman upholds Trustees' refusal to pay dependant's pension where no paper trail evidencing dependency
- Ombudsman Trustees not obliged to keep every calculation and piece of correspondence relating to scheme
- Ombudsman holds DB scheme not obliged to provide information on investments to enable member to assess whether scheme compatible with her religious beliefs
- Ombudsman rejects member's complaint over changed transfer value basis
- Ombudsman rules on liability of transferring and receiving scheme re transfer value delay
- Ombudsman holds member should have realised error where benefit quotation gave identical pension figures at age 55 and 65
- Ombudsman orders scheme to offer re-calculated lump even though time limits for paying pension commencement lump sum had expired
- Ombudsman upholds Trustee decision to delay paying transfer value where court proceedings could lead to benefit forfeiture
- Government consultation response and draft regulations on pensions advice allowance
- New Information Requirements in force re paying lump sum death benefits to a trust
- Consultations
- Pensions Regulator to add questions on record-keeping to scheme return
- Regulator decides against mandatory qualifications or memberships for trustees
- Pensions Regulator's new guide and checklist for integrated risk management in smaller DB schemes
- EU Member States required to implement IORP II Directive by 13 January 2019: UK position uncertain due to Brexit
- Pension scheme EMIR exception central clearing requirement extended by one year
- PPF Levy Determination
- Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension (QROPS) definition to change from 6 April 2017
- Section 615 schemes discontinued
