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    PATHways 96 - Pension Administration Technical Help

    Our 96th edition of PATHways highlights pensions news and legislation that has particular relevance to what we do in pension administration.

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    SSAS and SIPP properties and environmental issues

    A look at what needs to be considered before investing in commercial property as part of a SSAS or SIPP scheme. Read our latest thoughts on property.

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    Accidental master trusts

    A look at the new Master Trust Authorisation regime and how it may affect schemes who do not know they are a master trust, or who do but do not know how to proceed.

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    Investment Insights: Expanding the toolkit - Buy-ins

    Should bulk annuity purchases be of interest to more schemes? With 132 transactions in 2017, this is small compared to the 5,700 UK DB pension schemes. Are schemes …

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    Cost management in the LGPS and the 2019 valuation outlook

    A look at the cost management process for the LGPS and how this might affect administering authorities, employers and members.

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    Current Issues in Pensions Financial Reporting - 31 December 2018

    The key financial assumptions required for determining pension liabilities under the Accounting Standards FRS102 (UK non-listed), IAS19 (EU listed) and ASC715 (US l…

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    CMA - spotlight on fiduciary management

    On 12 December 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report in relation to its review of the market for investment consulting and fi…

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    PATHways 95 - Pension Administration Technical Help

    Our 95th edition of PATHways highlights pensions news and legislation that has particular relevance to what we do in pension administration.

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    The importance of regular drawdown reviews

    In contrast to the purchase of a lifetime annuity, placing your accrued pension fund into drawdown is not a ‘once and done’ exercise. Read our latest thoughts on dr…

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    What TPR expects of 21st Century trustees

    TPR carried out research which identified that many schemes were not being run to the standard expected by TPR. On the back of these findings TPR initiated an educ…

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