The government is planning to make significant changes to the UK’s pensions notifiable events regime. The changes are designed to ensure the Pensions Regulator is given advanced notice of material corporate transactions and financing arrangements which may impact a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

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“Immutable” is a term that is frequently used when people talk about blockchain and the benefit of using this technology for record-keeping.

On Monday, in its response to the consultation on protecting DB pension schemes and strengthening the Pensions Regulator, the Government confirmed its plans to:

On 29 April 2016, the Australian Government Treasury released a proposal paper that, among other things, proposed reforms to introduce an ipso facto moratorium (Proposal). This reform was foreshadowed in as part of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda.