Straight Talking From Hogan Lovells

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the Taskforce for Social Factors new guide; TPR’s blog on ESG; TPR’s consultation on statement of strategy; and the DWP’s consultation on surplus and the PPF as a public consolidator.

Hogan Lovells’ Senior Associate Stephanie Fishman, in conversation with Jackie Siebens, Director of Public Affairs at Helion Energy.

Hogan Lovells’ partner Megan Nishikawa, in conversation with Anne Brooksher-Yen, Vice President of Joint Ventures, Trade Compliance, and Litigation at Celanese.

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including The Pension Regulator’s LDI 2022 report, developments on the gender pensions gap, information for trustees on data breaches and the Court of Appeal ruling on the Railways Pension Scheme.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the new draft funding and investment regulations; TPR’s guidance on investments in the private markets; Avon Cosmetics v Dalriada Trustees; and Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd.    To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this latest episode, Ivan Zapien, Tim Bergreen, and Ches Garrison discuss the upcoming presidential election, recent international developments, and more. (29 January 2024)

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including The Pension Regulator’s new general code of practice; HMRC’s guidance on lifetime allowance; and some interesting determinations from the Pensions Ombudsman on surplus distribution.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

A surge of interest in the build-to-rent (BTR) housing sector in Australia is drawing in large numbers of international investors. Developers are piling into commercially-operated rental housing with tenants in place and which helps to drive Australia’s social goals towards providing a consistent stock of acceptable housing. Whilst BTR represents just a fraction of one per cent of Australia’s completed housing stock, analysts predict the market will grow many times over to become one market worth in excess of AU$290 billion. Japanese investors are particularly keen on the sector. We look at the opportunities and challenges. 

Hogan Lovells Associate Hannah Vero talks about the upcoming changes to the EU consumer credit legislative framework, specifically the introduction of the Second Consumer Credit Directive ((EU) 2023/2225) (CCD II), beginning with an overview of the current Consumer Credit Directive (2008/48/EC) and the rationale for the genesis of CCD II.

Hogan Lovells Counsel Andrew Eaton and Senior Associate Dervla Simm discuss the interplay between UK financial services regulatory reform and the Government’s wider ongoing initiatives to diverge from EU law post-Brexit. The two explore the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, looking at how these two pivotal pieces of legislation interact with each other in financial services and what this means for businesses in the year ahead.

In this episode of HL PensionsPod, Pension partners Katie Banks and Duncan Buchanan look at the year ahead for defined benefit schemes, discussing tax and the abolition of the lifetime allowance, the regulatory landscape, some upcoming cases and more.    To read our latest newsletter, click here: https://ehoganlovells.com/rv/ff00bd691de700c1b6c25afa4740bedcea8b0ebe   To listen to other episodes of HL PensionsPod, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/news/the-hl-pensionspod   To listen to episode of our other podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/news/hl-pensions-newsbeat-all-episodes

Hogan Lovells’ leveraged loans specialists Paul Mullen, Global Head of Banking & Loan Finance, and senior consultant Susan Whitehead have a wide-ranging discussion about the impact of high interest rates and other challenging market conditions on the European mid-market leveraged loans market. They cover whether documentation terms for existing deals might help portfolio companies who have borrowed in the last few years, how the originations market for new financings is faring, and whether they are seeing documentation terms changing in response to the challenging conditions.

Hogan Lovells’ Robert Gardener, Director of Government Affairs in London, and Aaron Cutler, Government Relations and Public Affairs (GRPA) partner based in Washington D.C., discuss the forthcoming political elections happening on both sides of the Atlantic. Amongst other things, they consider how resulting changes in governmental approach may impact our financial institutions clients, including the future approach to ESG.

In the first 2024 episode of HL PensionsPod, Katie Banks, Partner, and Jim Davis, Senior Associate, discuss what a capital-backed journey plan is, who would use a capital-backed journey plan, what trustees should be thinking about when considering a capital-backed journey plan, and more.    To listen to other episodes of HL PensionsPod, click here: The HL PensionsPod - Hogan Lovells Engage   To listen to episode of our other podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes - Hogan Lovells Engage

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including highlights to the Finance Bill, TPR on cybersecurity, capital-backed journey plans, the Autumn Statement and thoughts from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the HM Treasury on financial advice.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the new pensions minister, highlights of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement, news on the Mansion House Reforms, TPR’s blog on helping savers to access their DC pensions savings and the Department of Work and Pensions’ review of the master trust. To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including TPR’s regulatory and criminal action taken against the former owner of Norton Motorcycles; TPR’s speech at the Mansion House Pensions Summit; The Pensions Dashboards Programme progress update report; Mr W PO determination on pension transfers “amber flags”; CMG Court of Appeal: is the Pensions Ombudsman a “competent court”?   To register for our recent developments in pensions seminar on 28 November 2023, click here: Seminar invitation | Recent Developments in Pensions | 28 November 2023 (ehoganlovells.com)   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the plethora of papers from the PLSA Annual Conference, TPR’s thoughts on dashboards and getting tougher, an update on small pots, a new investment vehicle for pension schemes, and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure.   To register for our recent developments in pensions seminar on 28 November 2023, click here: Seminar invitation | Recent Developments in Pensions | 28 November 2023 (ehoganlovells.com)   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL PensionsPod, pension Partner Duncan Buchanan is joined by pension Associate Jade Rigby to discuss climate reporting for pension schemes. Join us to find out what exactly TCFD means, what schemes climate reporting applies to, the key obligations to look out for and more. To listen to other episodes of HL PensionsPod, click here: The HL PensionsPod - Hogan Lovells Engage To listen to episode of our other podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes - Hogan Lovells Engage

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the consultation on general levy regulations, a case on automatic enrolment compliance, the Department of Work and Pensions’ review of the Pensions Regulator, the PPF’s new Trustmark accreditation, cybersecurity notifications, and a Pensions Ombudsman’s case on pension transfer.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions