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UK Pensions: What's new this week? 30 June, 2025

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions....more

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The Pensions Brief: May 2025

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ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - PENSIONS DASHBOARDS – PREPARATIONS FOR CONNECTION - As part of its campaign to get the pensions industry “dashboards-ready”, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has released a series of short...more

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A Littler Report: Operating Through Emergencies & Natural Disasters

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No matter how much advance warning is provided or experience garnered, employers and employees are often caught off guard by the devastation and uncertainty natural disasters create. Whether wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes,...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume II, May 2024

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Last Lap in SEC RILA Rulemaking Critical Unresolved Issues - Congress directed the SEC to adopt a new registration statement for registered indexed annuities (RILAs) by the end of June. Several months ago, the SEC...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Government Taskforce to Produce Guidance for Pensions Sector to Consider Social Factors in Investment Decisions

On October 19, 2023, the UK government’s Taskforce on Social Factors (Taskforce) launched a consultation to produce guidance on how pension funds can consider social issues in their investment decisions. The guide is intended...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK’s Pensions Regulator Pushes for Further Climate Scenario Analysis

In August 2023, the UK pensions regulator’s climate and sustainability lead, Mark Hill, authored an article setting out how trustees can improve the climate-scenario analyses used by their schemes, in order to make them more...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - 9 October 2023

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics : DWP General Levy...more

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Pensions: DC trustee agenda update - October 2023

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal update item on your next...more

Ius Laboris

Tax incentives for ESG

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Experts from seven countries outline some of the tax incentives that aim to encourage the more widespread pursuit of environmental, social and governance-related goals....more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - 29 August 2023

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover topics including: TPR updates guidance...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulator’s Review of Pension Scheme Climate Reports Finds Room for Improvement

A review by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) of the published annual climate reports of more than 71 UK pension schemes found several areas where improvement is needed as well as emerging “good practices.”...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Climate Suit Against Directors of UK’s Largest Pension Plan Heads to Appeals Court

A British appeals court will review the 2022 dismissal of a novel lawsuit accusing current and former directors of the United Kingdom’s largest private pension plan of mismanagement for, among other reasons, failing to divest...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Warns of Adverse Consequences From “Anti-ESG” Bills

Earlier this month, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) urged legislators to reject key aspects of “anti-ESG” bills introduced in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. Both bills are designed, in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Local Government Pensions Schemes Will Vote Against Chairs of Oil Companies Failing to Meet Climate Pledges

Border to Coast Pension Partnership (the “Partnership”), a pension pool consisting of 11 UK local government pension schemes, announced that “[o]il majors and banks must make greater progress on climate pledges or risk losing...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Pensions Regulator Launches Regulatory Initiative to Monitor Climate and ESG Non-compliance by Trustees

On February 22, 2023, the UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at tightening regulation around ESG data published by trustees, as part of a wider campaign to assess whether trustees are...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

President Biden Expected to Issue First Veto to Preserve DOL ESG Investment Rule

President Biden will likely issue the first veto of his presidency after Congress passed a measure that would repeal a Department of Labor rule that allows retirement plan fiduciaries to consider ESG-related factors in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

State AGs Challenge Department of Labor Rule on ESG Investing

Twenty-five Republican state attorneys general, along with two energy companies, have commenced an action against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) seeking to “hold unlawful and set aside” rules governing how retirement plan...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOL Issues Final Rule on Climate Change, ESG Factors for Retirement Plan Investments

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Nov. 22, 2022, announced its adoption of amendments to the regulation setting out retirement plan fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty under the Employee Retirement Income Security...more

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401(k) Climate Change and Crypto Considerations: DOL Nurtures the Former but Clips Crypto at the Roots

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Department of Labor notices in 2020 and 2021 lumped “climate change” with other environmental, social, and corporate governance concerns that the DOL initially said should generally not be considered when selecting retirement...more

A&O Shearman

TCFD governance and reporting - what do trustees need to know?

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This article is part of a series on new duties for UK pension scheme trustees to assess, manage and report on climate change risk. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Funds and asset management regulatory news, October 2020 # 2

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Climate-related disclosures for asset managers and FCA-regulated pension schemes: FCA correspondence - Correspondence about climate-related disclosure requirements for asset managers and UK Financial Conduct Authority...more

White & Case LLP

ESG Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings

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These are unprecedented times, and companies are facing important issues as they navigate the current economic, political, and social climate. The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have put the spotlight on...more

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ESG takes center stage amid economic crisis and social unrest

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Strong ESG credentials and long-term plans to improve their relationship with society and the environment are increasingly important to ensure companies’ access to capital. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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USA Today publisher and media conglomerate Gannett has rejected a $1.3 billion hostile takeover bid from Alden Global Capital-backed MNG Enterprises, “kicking off a battle for shareholder votes to determine the future of the...more

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