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    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      UK’s Pensions Regulator taken to task on preparation for gilts crisis

      Shortcomings exposed when yields soared while lifeboat scheme was much better organised

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      UK pensions lifeboat faced £1.6bn cash call during market turmoil

      LDI strategies threatened to unravel after Kwarteng’s mini-Budget tax cut hit gilt prices

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Pension lifeboat fund rules leave 83,000 with no cover for rising UK inflation

      Ministers urged to review PPF policy for elderly members exposed to cost of living crisis

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      Pension Protection Fund faces calls to stop levy as reserves hit £9bn

      Questions over whether UK retirement lifeboat should hand back cash after strong investment returns

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Ros Altmann
      Pension scheme members must keep calm in the face of Arcadia shock

      Employees of failing companies should not transfer out of defined benefit funds but trust PPF umbrella

    • Monday, 16 November, 2020
      KPMG UK
      KPMG ‘helped’ buyout fund dump £100m Silentnight pensions liabilities

      UK accounting watchdog alleges conflict of interest in arranging sale of bedmaker to HIG

    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      Covid set to push up UK pension levy costs, warns PPF

      Rising insolvencies likely to add to burden for employers, says lifeboat scheme

    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      Q&APersonal pensions
      Q&A: High earners in line for payouts after court ruling

      Pension Protection Fund’s cap on retirement benefits ruled unlawful

    • Monday, 22 June, 2020
      Compensation cap on pension payments by lifeboat fund ruled unlawful

      UK pilots’ union Balpa wins case against PPF rules limiting payouts to younger members

    • Friday, 19 June, 2020
      UK business & economy
      Government caves in to pension concerns over insolvency changes

      Regulator and lifeboat fund to retain their influence over rescue talks after UK government backtracks on proposals to limit their role

    • Saturday, 13 June, 2020
      Pensions crisis
      Insolvency law shake-up will hurt UK pensioners, industry warns

      Sector says that emergency measures hand too much power to banks

    • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
      Bhs Ltd
      Former BHS owner ordered to pay £9.5m into pension schemes

      Dominic Chappell battled for 3 years to have action quashed

    • Friday, 20 December, 2019
      Pensions
      Pension Protection Fund rejects fears of funding crisis after ruling

      No change required in £620m levy to be paid by companies in 2020/21

    • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Sir Phil makes a pension pledge as watertight as a superyacht

      Seafaring knight sweetens offer to help keep Arcadia afloat

    • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Sir Phil learns a pension lesson — but the regulator’s wise to it

      Voicing concern over Arcadia’s CVA shows TPR is longer being bullied in the schoolyard

    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
      Workplace pensions
      Superfunds need robust regulation, says pensions lifeboat chief

      Industry safety net could be at risk without strict rules

    • Monday, 11 March, 2019
      JPI Media Ltd
      Pensions Regulator drops probe into publisher Johnston Press

      Watchdog ends investigation into offloading of £300m in pension liabilities

    • Monday, 25 February, 2019
      Jonathan Ford
      We must find the right fix for the UK’s defined benefit pensions

      ‘Superfunds’ reform could put the system on a sounder footing

    • Tuesday, 22 January, 2019
      Pensions industry
      Regulators criticised over British Steel pension restructuring

      Independent review says workers did not get enough support or advice

    • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
      Pensions Regulator UK
      Pensions Regulator to sharpen decision-making scrutiny

      Move comes after debate surrounding Kodak UK pensions

    • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
      JPI Media Ltd
      MPs probe pension lifeboat concerns over Johnston Press rescue deal
    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
      Workplace pensions
      Johnston Press administrators set to face £305m pensions claim

      Regulator begins probe into rescue deal for UK newspaper group

    • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
      European companies
      UK executives set for pension boost after European Court ruling

      Landmark case concerns how pensions were slashed after lifeboat fund took over payments

    • Sunday, 12 August, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      House of Fraser deal draws attention of pension watchdog

      Timing of Ashley purchase under scrutiny as retirement liabilities shift to bailout fund

    • Friday, 10 August, 2018
      News in-depthPersonal & Household Goods
      Industry ponders rationale for Ashley’s House of Fraser swoop

      Purchase secured by controversial pre-pack administration procedure

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