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UK: Pensions Update

5 December 2017

Welcome to the December 2017 edition of the UK: Pensions Update.

In this edition we focus on new requirements coming into force from January, the General Data Protection Regulation and what it means for pension scheme trustees, as well as the latest status on VAT recovery on pension scheme management costs. In this edition we also cover:

  • Announcements from the Autumn Budget;
  • The PPF's consultation on new levy rules and contingent asset forms;
  • The rise in auto-enrolment contribution rates from April 2018;
  • DWP consultations on master trust regulations, new cost disclosure regulations and bulk DC to DC transfers;
  • Amendments to the independent advice requirements;
  • An update on previously proposed IFRIC14 accounting changes; and
  • Other pensions news in brief.

To view the UK: Pensions Update please click here.

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