Pensions
Our Pensions Blog
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This blog is a tool for all of our clients, friends and admirers
in the pensions industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and opinions
as they see fit. We would like it to be as open and transparent as
possible.
Feel free to browse around the blog and join in the
discussion.
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Ongoing changes to pensions practice and taxation, coupled with
current investment conditions and increased employee awareness,
make life difficult for pension schemes.
The Government’s 'Pensions Simplification', introduced on 6
April 2006, had the aim of making pensions easier to understand but
implementing these changes can be complex. We work with our clients
to provide practical and cost-effective pensions solutions.
Our clients include employers and trustees, public and private
sector bodies, ranging from household names to start-up
companies.
We also have a Financial
Services & Funds Group
advising on pension products and investment and custody
matters. Our Employment Practice is
also available to advise on service contract or termination
issues.
We advise on:
- duties and liabilities of trustees, employers and
professional advisers
- compliance with the Pensions Acts 1995 and 2004
regulatory regime
- government pension reform and tax
simplification
- scheme wind-ups, insolvency and deficit
counselling
- scheme design, re-structuring and
documentation
- pensions aspects of corporate mergers, disposals and
acquisitions
- discrimination and equalisation issues
- member communications and dispute resolution
- trustee training
- pension investment and custody
- pension sharing on divorce
- group personal pensions and stakeholders