About this episode

Claire Southern recaps recent developments in the pensions sector, including data protection and funding issues.

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: data protection; the Pensions Commission’s interim report sparks calls for urgent action on retirement adequacy; an exciting Technical Note from HMRC on IHT and pensions; warnings around the use of private credit; and defined benefit funding surpluses fall, but only a little bit. 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/

People in this episode

Guest: Claire Southern

Topics covered

• pensions
• data protection
• retirement adequacy
• private credit
• defined benefit funding

Keywords

• pensions
• data protection
• retirement adequacy
• private credit
• defined benefit funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HMRC

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