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  • 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

  • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
    InterviewWorkplace pensions
    Forecast pensions surplus brings payout hope for thousands of retirees

    Pension Protection Fund ‘war chest’ estimated to be worth billions of pounds

  • Monday, 28 May, 2018
    European companies
    Movers and shakers, May 28

    UK’s Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association appoints Emma Douglas as policy board chair

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