CMS Pensions Team CMS Pensions Team Pensions Law Handbook

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Provides guidance through the complex web of pensions-related statues, regulations, regulatory guidance and case law, in an accessible style.Includes the following updates:Pension Protection Fund ('PPF') levy calculations and new provisions on compensation payments;changes to the charges and governance provisions, the new DC Code and the pension's regulator's new campaigns and policies;The General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR'); Money laundering requirements for trustees; Financial services requirements under EMIR and MIFID II.Includes coverage of the following case law:Employer duties (IBM and BBC v Bradbury);Sex equalisation (Safeway v Newton);Sexual orientation (Walker v Innospec);Trustee powers (BA);Age discrimination (The judges and firefighter cases);Co-habiting partners (Brewster);Limitation for recovering overpayments (Webber);Barnardo's (pension increases and scheme modification) and Steria (amendment powers). Includes the following legislative changes:Pensions tax relief and tax charges on overseas transfers;The Financial Guidance and Claims Bill; DB White Paper;The master trust authorisation regime from the Pension Schemes Act 2017;Legislation on combating pension scams.