ACA – Association of Consulting Actuaries

We have responded to HM Treasury’s consultative process with the following submission ahead of 30 October Budget:

We have responded to the  IFoA consultation  on the possibility of the introduction of a streamlined Practising Certificate Scheme for employees of QAS accredited organisations.  See below…

We have responded to the consultation on Raising Standards in the Tax  Advice Market: strengthening the regulatory framework and improving registration, published on 6 March 2024, as follows:

We have responded to the DWP consultation as follows:

Our response is critical as to whether a highly prescriptive, data-driven submission that goes beyond regulatory requirements is the way to go at the very introduction of the funding and investment strategy as an add-on to the well-established scheme funding Read More …

The key points we make relate to the “pot for life” initiative. While we remain open minded on the potential attractions of such a model, we do have a number of key concerns outlined in our response below…

We responded to the evidence call by noting that if the exemption was to expire then it is likely to create operational burdens and bottlenecks to implement and we believe on balance it will bring more costs than benefits. In Read More …

We have responded to the above consultation on the proposed version 5.1 of AS TM1 as below: .

We have responded to the consultation on the Guide from the Taskforce on Social Factors.  We have provided our thoughts on the overall guide in the letter below: .

Responding to the DWP Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) Regulations review 2023, we favour option 2 of those put forward, whilst bemoaning the lack of transparency on how the Levy deficit has emerged.  We are highly critical about Read More …