Pension Protection Fund
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| 1 | Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS): overview This practice note provides an overview of the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), the arrangement set up by the UK government in 2004 to compensate members of defined benefit schemes that wound up when they were underfunded. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Pension Protection Fund: overview This practice note gives an overview of the role and powers of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). It summarises the assessment process for PPF entry, restrictions during the assessment period and the compensation payable by, and levies payable to, the PPF. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Contingent assets: recent market practice This note sets out some illustrative examples where employers have used contingent assets towards their funding obligations or for the purposes of reducing the risk-based levies payable to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | How schemes can reduce their risk-based levy A guide to steps pension trustees and employers can take to reduce their scheme's risk-based levy. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Key topics citator A "reverse" citator setting out the main legislative provisions, regulatory materials, leading cases and determinations of the Pensions Ombudsman for some key topics in occupational pensions. Links are also included to the main PLC Pensions materials available for each topic. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Pension Protection Fund: assessment periods This practice note examines the provisions that apply to a pension scheme that is in a Pension Protection Fund assessment period and the actions that trustees must take during that time. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Pension Protection Fund: compensation This practice note examines the circumstances in which compensation is payable to members of schemes that have been admitted to the Pension Protection Fund, and details the amount of compensation available for different categories of members and beneficiaries. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Pension Protection Fund: contingent asset requirements This practice note summarises the requirements of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) relating to the use of contingent assets to reduce a scheme's risk-based PPF levy. It explains why an employer might benefit from using contingent assets to fund its pension scheme, the different types of contingent assets recognised by the PPF and the formalities to be met when certifying (or recertifying) a contingent asset, including when a legal opinion will be needed. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Pension Protection Fund: entry requirements This practice note provides details of the entry requirements in relation to the Pension Protection Fund. It explains the meaning of "qualifying insolvency event", the circumstances in which a scheme may not be eligible and the process that must take place before a scheme can qualify for PPF entry. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Pension Protection Fund: levies This practice note considers the different levies payable by eligible occupational pension schemes to the Pension Protection Fund in accordance with the requirements of the Pensions Act 2004. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Using contingent assets This practice note considers the circumstances in which salary-related pension schemes may use contingent assets towards the funding of the scheme. It looks at the various types of contingent asset and the role they can play in relation to pension schemes, highlighting issues for trustees and companies in each case. | Practice notes | Maintained |