Press Releases – Page 12 – ACA – Association of Consulting Actuaries

25th March 2021 David Robertson

ACA welcomes TPR Statement on settlements

In a statement following TPR’s publication of its settlement policy – its approach for negotiation and concluding settlements of its regulatory or civil enforcement action, we commented as follows… more »»

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ACA agrees industry needs more clarity if pension dashboards are to go live on time

In a statement following a letter dated 19 March 2021 from the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) to Chris Curry, Principal of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, we commented as follows… more »»

In a statement following a letter dated 19 March 2021 from the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) to Chris Curry, Principal of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, we commented as follows…

10th March 2021 David Robertson

ACA welcomes DWP climate change paper but stresses importance of supporting trustees in major extension of role

In our response to the DWP consultation we welcomed the DWP’s response to practical issues identified in its previous paper but stress the huge changes for trustees addressing this issue and the risks involved with ‘spurious data gathering and calculations’ Read More ... more »»

3rd March 2021 David Robertson

ACA comments on 2021 Budget Statement

Following the Chancellor’s 2021 Budget Statement, we commented: more »»

Following the Chancellor’s 2021 Budget Statement, we commented:

22nd February 2021 David Robertson

‘Pensions: Build back better’ survey report sets out policy challenges for Government

Our 2020 Pension trends survey attracted 281 responses from firms with over 500 workplace schemes. The final report – ‘Pensions: Build back better’ has been published and includes six key policy recommendations as well as commentary on all the findings Read More ... more »»

14th December 2020 David Robertson

ACA Survey reports huge increase in member interest in ESG should be a wake-up call for lagging pensions industry

In the fourth of a series of reports we have found a huge increase in member interest in investments in socially responsible, environmental and climate areas. This substantial engagement from members does not appear to have been matched by strategic Read More ... more »»

7th December 2020 David Robertson

Employers support higher minimum contributions, but more than a quarter say COVID has increased the number of employees leaving pension schemes

ACA has found very strong support from employers for key automatic enrolment (AE) reforms. 6 in 10 employers think more flexibility would lead to higher saving and most larger employers support minimum contributions increasing to 10% from April 2022. Pension Read More ... more »»

30th November 2020 David Robertson

ACA says survey finds support for Pension Scheme Bill measures, but 82% don’t want to see multiple dashboards

In the second of a series of reports outlining the findings of the ACA’s 2020 Pension trends survey, we found strong support from employers for TPR’s proposed two-track compliance process for funding defined benefit schemes and half of the respondents Read More ... more »»

23rd November 2020 David Robertson

ACA Survey Report 1: Employers push for pension tax reforms

The first report of this year’s ACA Pension trends survey finds employers are saying pension tax regime is not fit for purpose. Report also covers progress towards equalising GMPs… more »»

The first report of this year’s ACA Pension trends survey finds employers are saying pension tax regime is not fit for purpose. Report also covers progress towards equalising GMPs…