Consultation responses

The PMI response to the DWP’s consultation 'Pension scams: empowering trustees and protecting members'

We believe that additional checks are required when schemes are transferring, including how they can be identified for the purposes of the regulations. 

The PMI response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence: 'Protecting pension savers – five years on from the Pension Freedoms: Accessing pension savings’

Do people have access to a range of pension options to meet their needs for later life and how might these needs change in future?

The PMI response to TPR consultation: 'Our approach to the investigation and prosecution of the new criminal offences'

We support the work being done by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and others in seeking to address serious intentional and reckless behaviour and improving standards of governance and conduct in relation to pension schemes.

We are grateful for TPR’s confirmation that it does not intend for its guidance to change commercial norms or accepted standards of corporate behaviour in the UK (i.e. consistent with the government's policy intent). However, we are concerned that the current drafting of TPR policy does not achieve this aim. In particular, we do not believe it addresses the concerns raised by the industry during the development of the law, in relation to the broad and ill-defined scope of the new powers, and the circumstances when they will apply. We believe that this will have the impact of altering or reducing normal commercial activity.

The PMI response to DWP consultation ‘Taking action on climate risk: improving governance and reporting by occupational pension schemes’

The PMI welcomes this consultation and Government efforts to tackle climate change. The climate challenges facing our planet pose an existential threat and it is only right that institutional investors, including pension funds, are at the forefront of building a more climate-friendly and sustainable future.