Sackers

Professional trustees are increasingly used on trustee boards. However, is the process used to appoint them as robust as it should be? Pádraig Floyd takes a look.

The draft defined contribution (DC) code is not suitable for all types of schemes and lacks clarity on trustees' responsibilities, according to responses to the regulator's consultation.

Speculation is rife that Chancellor George Osborne will introduce a flat-rate of tax relief, which will benefit lower earners according to a report in the Financial Times.

Jacqui Reid has been made an associate director at Sackers where she will focus on contract-based defined contribution (DC) arrangements and provider work.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has sided with members of the Police Pension Scheme who were hit by a tax penalty when they returned to work after retiring.

Sackers has elevated Georgina Jones to partner and Katharine Swire to senior associate in the law firm's pensions team.

Rebecca Shahoud looks at an upcoming case

Sackers has appointed Philippa Connaughton as a partner.

The Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman (PPFO) has rejected a complaint held by trustees over the suitability of a PPF levy guarantor.

Fewer than ten life companies will have conquered the market by 2020