Subjects:

Pensions Law

Contents:

Introduction. Preliminary legal issues. Pension reform. Establishment of Stakeholder schemes. Governance. Minimum standards. Investment requirements. Contract-based schemes. Contracting-out. Tax regime. Scheme administration. Transfers-out. Transfers-in. Financial services. Complaints. Divorce. Winding-up.

Stakeholder Pensions: A Special Report is the only high-level specialist study of the new scheme available. Reliable and practical, it is almost exclusively based on the contents of the regulatory framework applicable to stakeholder pensions. It covers the general financial services requirements and examines legally what a stakeholder scheme will look like, before going on to consider the impact of stakeholder pensions on the sale of personal pensions and whether stakeholders will achieve the Government's objectives. * Looks at where Stakeholder Pensions fit into the Government's reform of pension law * Examines the Statutory Provisions contained in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 relating to stakeholder pensions * Covers detailed stakeholder pension regulations, including mimimum standards, employer access, governance of trust based schemes, alternative governance structures, advice and information, tax regimes, contracting-out, clearing houses and pooled pension investments.