Updated: DWP regs 'fire starting gun' for new DB funding regime

Funding code and regs expected to apply to scheme valuations from September

Jonathan Stapleton
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The DWP published the final funding and investment strategy regulations today
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The DWP published the final funding and investment strategy regulations today

The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP’s) publication of final funding and investment strategy regulations has “fired the starting gun” for the new defined benefit (DB) funding regime, the industry says.

The regulations - published today (29 January) - set out the requirements for DB schemes when determining their funding and investment strategy and statement of strategy. Hymans Robertson head o...

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