Home / Tag Archives: CDC

Tag Archives: CDC

The top news stories of 2024 on Professional Pensions

You are currently accessing Professional Pensions via your Enterprise account. If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Phone: +44 (0) …

Read More »

EQ Retirement Solutions to help deliver Royal Mail CDC scheme

The Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, which officially launched on 7 October, will be delivered using the EQ Retirement Solutions’ (EQRS) Compendia platform, it has confirmed. Initially announced in 2018, the Royal Mail Collective Plan became the UK’s first CDC scheme in 2023 after passing The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) assessment …

Read More »

Govt to present regs on CDC to parliament ‘as soon as able to’

Pensions Minister, Emma Reynolds, has said the government intends to present regulations to extend collective defined contribution (CDC) provision beyond single or connected schemes to parliament “as soon as [they] are able to”. Earlier this month, a consultation was launched by the Department for Work and Pensions on legislation to …

Read More »

Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

You are currently accessing Professional Pensions via your Enterprise account. If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Phone: +44 (0) …

Read More »

Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan confirms key appointments

The Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan (RMCPP) has appointed WTW as scheme actuary and BlackRock as its investment manager. The appointments were confirmed following the launch of the scheme yesterday (7 October). Barnett Waddingham advised the CDC scheme during the outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) process, with Barnett Waddingham partner …

Read More »

First CDC authorisation a ‘landmark moment’ for UK pensions

The authorisation of the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) has been highlighted as a “landmark moment” for UK pensions, with industry experts suggesting that this could be “just the beginning”. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) confirmed yesterday (13 April) that the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan (RMCPP) successfully passed TPR’s …

Read More »

TPR authorises Royal Mail as UK’s first CDC scheme

The authorisation of the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan (RMCPP) is the first in the UK, following TPR’s Pension Schemes Act 2021, which introduced an authorisation and supervision regime for CDC schemes. CDC schemes must meet stringent criteria including fitness and propriety requirements for those running the scheme, having the …

Read More »