Key issues for pension trustees’ agenda
Sep-21
- The impact of climate change on pensions investment
- New industry guidance on GMP conversion
- The Pensions Regulator’s consultation on contribution notices
How climate change is impacting pensions investment
- Trustees must consider the impact of climate change on their investment strategy.
- The Pensions Regulator has set out draft guidance on its expectations on climate change, including when it will think about imposing penalties.
- Sasha Butterworth (Head of Pensions at TLT) discussed how trustees should tackle these new requirements on the Cornwall Insight podcast.
New industry guidance on GMP conversion
- If you’re considering GMP conversion, check out the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) industry guidance.
- It offers pragmatic examples of how trustee boards can approach a conversion project. The guidance also discusses some of the tax consequences that are prompting some trustee boards to delay conversion.
- You can listen to a seminar on the new guidance and read the guidance itself here.
The Pensions Regulator’s new powers
- From 1 October 2021 new regulations have amended the contribution notices regime by introducing the new employer insolvency and employer resources tests.
- The Pensions Regulator has issued a draft code of practice setting out the circumstances in which it will exercise the new powers. You can read the draft code here.
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