Backstops and gateways

12 December, 2018
While all the talk at Westminster over the past few weeks has been about “legal backstops”, judging from the consultation on DB consolidation, the talk at Caxton House has clearly been about “regulatory gateways”. Whilst the constitutional significance of these two legal mechanisms cannot be compared, there are a few striking similarities worth drawing out Read more

GC Update – December 2018

03 December, 2018
Today we have published our latest GC Update, which summarises recent and forthcoming developments across a wide range of areas. Read more

Five reasons to read (and respond to) the DWP’s Consultation Paper on defined benefit (DB) scheme regulation

11 July, 2018
In the first of what will likely be a number of consultations following the Government’s White Paper, “Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes”, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched its consultation on extending the Pension Regulator’s enforcement powers and the notifiable events regime (available here).  Should the proposals be introduced as currently outlined, … Read more