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The Supreme Court decision on financial support directions has been welcomed by all sides

Hannah Brenton analyses the DWP's latest announcement on GMP

The Department for Work and Pensions' proposal to allow defined benefit schemes to self-certify may be unworkable, industry figures warn.

Premier Farnell has set up a 23-year asset-backed funding structure to plug an £18m deficit in its UK scheme.

Employers need more clarity on their position with regards to enhanced early retirement rights and TUPE, an Allen & Overy lawyer warns.

Trustees should not take their statutory discharge for granted if errors and bad data exist during buyouts and transfer value exercises, lawyers warn.

The government has delayed plans to force schemes to equalise guaranteed minimum pensions until Spring 2014, pensions minister Steve Webb told lawyers last week.

Schemes are appointing independent trustees as they come under pressure from The Pensions Regulator to explain conflicts of interest during valuations, lawyers say.

The auto-enrolment earnings trigger could be pushed up to £9,440 following a surprise increase in the personal tax allowance in yesterday's Autumn Statement.

Contradictory rulings from the Pensions Ombudsman will leave trustees uncertain how to handle member complaints about errors in their benefit statements, lawyers warn.