On demand: Webinar: Pensions regulation – The new normal?

03 November 2020 | UK

Webinars

Before the outbreak of Covid-19, the Pensions Regulator was emphasising its tougher approach to pensions regulation: Clearer, Quicker, Tougher. This focus is borne out in the Pension Schemes Bill, with the range of extensive new powers it will afford the Regulator, and in the Regulator’s plans to introduce a new DB funding Code which (based on its initial consultation) will require deficits to be cleared more quickly and, in many cases, lead to an increase in deficit repair contributions. But:

Is this tougher approach still the right one given the impact of Covid-19 on DB schemes and sponsors?
How should the Regulator balance its desire to ensure schemes reach their long-term objective with the need to promote the sustainable growth of sponsors who are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the pandemic?
And how is all of this impacted by the recent changes to the UK insolvency regime?

Access the webinar

Watch our recent webinar on demand in which our pensions and restructuring partners, Samantha Brown and John Whiteoak together with Steve Webb, former Pensions Minister and now partner at LCP:

consider how the Regulator’s approach to pensions regulation needs to change in light of the economic impact of Covid-19, and
discuss how sponsors and trustees should respond to the Regulator’s new powers and the recent changes to the UK insolvency regime, particularly where sponsors are facing financial difficulties.

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Key Contacts

If you have any questions, or would like to know how this might affect your business, phone, or email these key contacts.

Sam's practice encompasses a wide range of pensions matters, advising corporates, trustees, providers and other pensions stakeholders.

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Pensions and Pensions Litigation

Employment, Pensions and Incentives

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Manufacturing and Industrials

+44 20 7466 2249

John is a disputes and restructuring lawyer and co-leads the firm's global Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency practice. He advises on a broad range of general commercial litigation and contentious insolvency matters.

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Commercial Litigation

Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency

+44 20 7466 2010

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