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Employment, Pensions and Benefits Team of the Year for our work advising the Kodak Pension Plan. Legal Business, 2014

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Winners of the Innovation Award for our work advising the Kodak Pension Plan. European Pensions Awards 2014.

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UK Pensions Publications & News

Browse the items below for our latest UK pension news and publications. We publish regular email alerts on recent developments and pension legal updates as well as briefing notes written by our pensions lawyers taking an in depth view of topical issues affecting the pensions industry. Take a look at our press releases to read about our recent work highlights.

Coronavirus: actions for pension trustees

26 March 2020

The COVID 19 crisis has changed the landscape for pension scheme trustees.

The note discusses the potential impacts and actions trustees should consider taking in relation to the following areas:

Governance
Maintaining business as usual
Investment
Funding and covenant issues
Pension Protection Fund
Contributions and benefits
Death benefits
Transfers out
Regulation
Current projects
Disputes

To discuss any issues arising from this note, please speak to your usual Hogan Lovells contact, or alternatively one of our pensions partners.

PPF contingent assets: Coronavirus update

18 March 2020

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has issued a helpful statement concerning the practicalities of certifying contingent assets in the current, highly-unusual, circumstances.

New offences, penalties and powers for the Pensions Regulator: whats employers and trustees should know

19 February 2020

As expected, following the general election the new government has reintroduced the Pension Schemes Bill and is taking forward changes consulted on in 2018. The Bill will significantly increase the Pension Regulator's powers to require support for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

New criminal offences and unlimited fines: what employers need to know about the Pensions Regulator's new powers

19 February 2020

After the Carillion and BHS debacles, the Pensions Regulator (tPR) announced it was going to be "clearer, quicker and tougher". The new Pension Schemes Bill (the Bill) currently going through Parliament will give tPR significant new powers so it can beef up its approach. Corporate groups with defined benefit pension (DB) schemes should understand the Bill’s new requirements because failure to comply could result in large fines or being charged with a criminal offence.

Equalising for the effect of GMPs: where are we now?

1 November 2019

A year has passed since the High Court's landmark judgment in the Lloyds case confirmed that pension schemes must equalise for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs). The Court gave some clarity as to how GMPs must be equalised, although many more questions remain unanswered...

Pension Alerter September 2019

19 September 2019

Hogan Lovells pension group is delighted to send you our September e-newsletter.

Featured are points regarding the new investment legislation, latest Pensions Ombudsman cases and a High Court case regarding tax issues.

Pension scheme investment: what's new?

19 September 2019

Pension scheme investment and governance have been occupying policymakers and regulators both in the UK and in Europe. Pension trustees are faced with a challenging array of new requirements, recommendations, statements of good practice and consultation proposals coming from a wide range of sources....

GMP equalisation through conversion

11 June 2019

This note sets out the DWP's approach to GMP conversion and highlights some of the issues trustees and employers should consider before undertaking a conversion exercise.

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