News and insight

In this bumper edition, we round up the latest on the Mansion House reforms, and look in detail at the new DB Funding and Investment Strategy Regulations.  There are also articles on the changes at TPR and Companies House, the response to the General Levy consultation and  more

Where data is transferred internationally, contracts should be updated by 21 March 2024. If action is not taken (including by pension schemes), there may be a technical breach of UK GDPR

The final DB Funding and Investment Strategy Regulations are here. Whilst there are still related parts missing like the Code, here are the key points / actions

Burges Salmon announces the appointment of five new partners, all of whom trained at the firm, across teams including Real Estate, Private Wealth, Dispute Resolution, Pensions and Projects

There is a considerable amount of work for the FCA to do to devise a regulatory regime that gives firms the clarity that they would need to open up their offerings into the space currently labelled the advice gap

In this month’s newsletter, we look at some of 2024’s key developments so far including the Pensions Regulator’s new General Code, the new Funding & Investment Regulations for defined benefit schemes, and the abolition of the lifetime allowance

The firm’s commitment to, and expertise in, ESG has been recognised at the inaugural Legal 500 ESG Awards 2024

The Lifetime Allowance is being abolished with effect from 6 April 2024 and there are key actions that need to be taken now in preparation by trustees, sponsors, providers and scheme administrators.

Andrew Eaton is listed as a leading practitioner in Who's Who Legal Restructuring & Insolvency 2024 report

The firm’s Banking and Corporate teams have advised on a deal to preserve the independence of a Scottish pensions firm

There are a lot of new actions for governing bodies coming out of the General Code (particularly around climate change, cyber security and their approach to risk management more generally) but it is also expected that they should be doing most of it already

In this first newsletter of the year, we focus on some of 2024’s hot topics for the pensions industry – including scheme governance, ESG and cyber security – as well as some enduring key issues when it comes to running a pension scheme.  These include recovery of pension overpayments, protecting pensions in the context of M&A activity and the fight against pensions scams