Ping pong, Trojan horses and the Pension Schemes Act

About this episode

Nick and Tom discuss the final stages of the Pension Schemes Act and its implications for UK investment.

The Pension Schemes Bill is now the Pension Schemes Act. Nick and Tom walk through the final week of parliamentary ping pong and the last-minute concessions that got mandation over the line - the sunset clause, the savers' interest test, and the new report on barriers to UK investment. They also dig into the parts of the Act overshadowed by the mandation row: DB superfunds, value for money, surplus release rules and small pots consolidation. Plus a preview of this week's first-ever live podcast with Roger Phillips and Clair Alcock of the Scheme Advisory Board. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Tom

Topics covered

• Pension Schemes Act
• parliamentary process
• investment barriers
• DB superfunds
• value for money
• small pots consolidation
• live podcast

Keywords

• Pension Schemes Act
• parliamentary ping pong
• mandation
• DB superfunds
• value for money
• investment barriers
• live podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scheme Advisory Board, Pension Schemes Act, Pension Schemes Bill

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