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Mansion House 2025 - On 15 July 2025, the Chancellor gave her Mansion House speech and set out her Leeds Reforms, including launching the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy....more
Le paysage de la réglementation au Canada évolue de façon dynamique comme en témoignent certaines mises à jour relatives à la réglementation, aux politiques et à la gouvernance. Celles-ci d’ailleurs exigent une attention...more
A massive new study by Abernathy-Daley covering nearly 58,000 corporate 401(k) plans delivered a simple—but startling—message: virtually every plan suffers from overpriced, underperforming funds. In fact, 99% of plans have at...more
On 30 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published CP25/17, its latest consultation for modifying the rules relating to investment advice. The Consultation Paper (CP) suggests a number of changes, including the...more
Vanguard’s latest report makes a blunt point: allowing collective investment trusts (CITs) in 403(b) plans could save the median plan participant about 0.08% to 0.09% annually compared to mutual fund fees—translating into...more
HMRC have announced a change to VAT policy to allow employers of defined benefit pension scheme to recover up to 100% of VAT on pension scheme investment costs. Employers and pension scheme trustees may need to consider...more
Retirement plan participation is up, but don’t pop the champagne just yet. According to Morgan Stanley at Work’s just-released State of the Workplace Report, while more employees are enrolling in their 401(k) plans, many are...more
After close to 30 years in this business—wearing the hats of TPA employee, ERISA attorney, plan document drafter, and occasional therapist to frantic plan sponsors—I’ve seen it all. The horror stories, the lawsuits, the...more
Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Pensions Regulator (TPR): completing the jigsaw A blog from TPR welcoming the opportunities presented by the Pension Schemes Bill; Pensions Ombudsman (PO): Operating Model...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an article with findings from a thematic review assessing firms who provide retirement income advice (RIA). The review assessed how effectively firms are providing RIA...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group discusses how employers can use voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (VEBA) asset reallocations while meeting ERISA fiduciary obligations....more
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. Government to legislate to help with Virgin Media issues - The...more
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I have experienced several bear markets as an ERISA attorney, and it’s never easy, especially with the current volatility due to tariffs....more
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Pensions Regulator (TPR): Market volatility TPR sets out some practical steps trustees should consider to manage investment...more
The most disappointing part of going to law school was the lack of practicality. Sure, it helps you think like a lawyer and teach you the basics of the law, it never helped with becoming a successful lawyer or how to draw a...more
The average Self-Directed Brokerage Account (SDBA) 401(k) balance at Charles Schwab finished the fourth quarter of 2024 at $352,605, up by 13.6% since 2023, according to Charles Schwab’s latest SDBA Indicators Report....more
I’ve been in the retirement plan business for 26 years and I’ve been through a few recessions in that time. There was the dot-bomb implosion, added by 9/11. Let us not forget when our entire financial system was on the verge...more
Sponsors of 401(k) plans are increasingly recognizing the need to provide personalized investment options for their participants; however, access to managed accounts still remains limited....more
A plan provider once asked me if I had written a comprehensive article on why trustee-directed 401(k) plans are superior to participant-directed plans. Although I believe in this argument, I haven’t actually written such an...more
This update covers: On 20 March last week, the Finance Bill received Royal Assent and became the Finance Act 2025. The provisions relevant to pensions make changes to: Further details are given below....more
In life, choice is usually a good thing. However, when it comes to daily valued 401(k) plans, too many choices aren’t a good thing. It sounds counter-intuitive, but too many choices offered to plan participants is usually a...more
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. Minister's speech on pensions policies - The Pensions...more
That 401(k) National Virtual Conference had its 5th edition on January 30-31. Over 110 people signed up for a free event with over 8 hours pf programming....more
When we were younger, we needed all the help we could get. We needed that guiding light to show us the difference between right and wrong, and to learn about life. That could have been a parent, a grandparent, or an older...more