Consultation outcome

Trustee oversight of investment consultants and fiduciary managers

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Impact assessment (final): The Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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Detail of outcome

This is the government’s response to the 2019 ‘Consultation on delivering the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recommendation for trustee oversight of investment consultants and fiduciary managers’.

This document provides a high-level summary of the consultation responses received and the government’s response.

Read the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.


Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

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Consultation description

The draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 amend current legislation to integrate an order produced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into pensions law.

The regulations:

  • will require trustees of occupational pension schemes, subject to certain limited exceptions, to carry out a tender process for fiduciary management services and set objectives for their investment consultants
  • will allow The Pensions Regulator to oversee the requirements

The consultation is aimed at:

  • pension scheme trustees
  • pension scheme service providers, other industry bodies and professionals
  • civil society organisations
  • pension scheme members and beneficiaries
  • any other interested stakeholders

This consultation follows the government response to the investment consultants market investigation.

Read The Pensions Regulator’s draft guidance consultation (in response to CMA recommendation).

Documents

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations

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Impact assessment (consultation): The Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations

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Updates to this page

Published 29 July 2019
Last updated 6 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Published the government's response to the consultation.

  2. The consultation response is delayed and is now expected in the first half of 2022.

  3. Added information stating the consultation response is delayed and is now expected in the first half of 2021.

  4. First published.

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