About this episode

Claire Southern recaps recent developments in the pensions sector, including legislative updates and trustee guidance.

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells Pensions partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions. In this episode: “Ping Pong” play between the Lords and Commons; guidance for trustees grappling with Virgin Media; high praise for independent trustees; statistics tell an interesting story on pension scheme buy-ins; trustees have surplus on the brain; and does anyone understand IHT? To listen to more episodes of HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes To listen to episodes of our other podcast series, HL PensionsPod, click here: HL PensionsPod: all episodes Follow us on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/101861071/feed/posts/ Authored by the Pensions team.

People in this episode

Guest: Claire Southern

Topics covered

• pensions
• trustees
• buy-ins
• IHT
• statistics
• Virgin Media

Keywords

• pensions
• trustees
• buy-ins
• IHT
• Virgin Media
• statistics
• Lords
• Commons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hogan Lovells, Virgin Media, HL Pensions NewsBeat, HL PensionsPod

Places: Lords, Commons

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