News & Analysis as of

Pensions Retirement Plan Investment

A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: what’s new this week? July 21, 2025

A&O Shearman on

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. Mansion House speech - The chancellor gave her second...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Overpaying for Underperformance: A Fiduciary Breakdown in Plain Sight

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

Mayer Brown

Recovery of VAT on DB Pension Scheme Investment Costs – New HMRC Policy

Mayer Brown on

HMRC has announced a new policy on the recovery by employers of VAT charged on investment services provided to their DB pension schemes. Until 18 June 2025, the extent to which an employer could recover any VAT paid on...more

Hogan Lovells

HL UK Pensions Law Digest 16 June 2025

Hogan Lovells on

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

Hogan Lovells

HL Pensions Digest – 2 June 2025

Hogan Lovells on

A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: The DWP’s consultation response to Options for defined benefit (DB) schemes: Surplus extraction from DB schemes Proposals...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: June 2025

Mayer Brown on

ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - MARKET VOLATILITY – PENSIONS REGULATOR REPORT - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a market oversight report on market volatility and what trustees should do, which sets out how...more

Mayer Brown

Pension Megafunds and Mandated Asset Allocation – The Government Confirms its Plans

Mayer Brown on

The government has published the Final Report of its Pensions Investment Review, together with a response to its consultation on unlocking the UK pensions market for growth. These confirm that the government will proceed with...more

A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: What’s new this week? May 19, 2025

A&O Shearman on

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. Mansion House Accord: pension providers commit to increase...more

A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: What’s new this week? May 12, 2025

A&O Shearman on

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. TPR guidance on handling market volatility - The Pensions...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - March 17, 2024

A&O Shearman on

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

Verrill

Spence v. American Airlines: A Texas Court’s View of the Duty of Loyalty under ERISA

Verrill on

Since we last discussed environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) developments in the context of ERISA retirement plans, ESG litigation has taken a rather unexpected turn. Although the plan lineup in Spence v....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Avantages sociaux et régimes de retraite : Survol des principales tendances pour 2025

Plusieurs tendances notables se dessinent pour 2025 dans le secteur des avantages sociaux et des régimes de retraite. Voici quelques-unes de ces tendances clés...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - February 3, 2025

A&O Shearman on

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. New rules on accessing DB surpluses - The Government has...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Pensions and Employee Benefits: Trends for 2025

Looking ahead to 2025 in the area of pensions and employee benefits, several notable trends stand out. The following is a summary of the key trends for 2025...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Pension Reform: Surplus in Defined Benefit (DB) Pensions

Hogan Lovells on

The Chancellor has announced that new rules will give more flexibility over the use of surplus in DB pension schemes. Details are expected in the Spring, in the government’s response to the consultation “Options for Defined...more

Cozen O'Connor

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (1/23)

Cozen O'Connor on

Reforming Tier 2 pensions could cost the state $30 billion, actuary says “A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to the state’s three largest retirement systems by a total of nearly $30 billion...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: June 2024

Mayer Brown on

Issues affecting all schemes - General Election – impact on pensions - The General Election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party. While no pensions-related announcements have been made since the election by...more

ArentFox Schiff

Biden Administration Issues Final Rule Expanding ERISA Fiduciary Definition, Enhancing Protections for Pension Plan Participants

ArentFox Schiff on

On April 23, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule significantly expanding the definition of who qualifies as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (the Retirement Security...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief - March 2024

Mayer Brown on

The Pensions Brief is a monthly update for trustees and employers of occupational pension schemes in the UK. It provides headline summaries of developments over the previous month and associated action points. It also...more

A&O Shearman

DC trustee agenda update - April 2024

A&O Shearman on

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

Mayer Brown

TPR guidance on private markets investment

Mayer Brown on

The Pensions Regulator ("TPR") has issued guidance for trustees of occupational pension schemes who are considering investing in private markets.  This follows on from the Chancellor’s 2023 Mansion House reforms, which were...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

Clark Hill PLC

The Cannabis Cure for the Public Pension Crisis

Clark Hill PLC on

Pensions are, and have been, an important compensation component for public employees, including teachers, police, fire, and other municipal positions. However, limited funds and riskier investments are threatening pension...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - 06 November 2023

A&O Shearman on

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: TPO’s first...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

32 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide