On 25 June 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill) received Royal Assent and on 26 June 2020 CIGA came into force. The restructuring team in Mayer Browns London office have previously commented on the different elements of the Bill in a series of blog posts and podcasts. CIGA was swiftly followed by the introduction of The Pension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstruction for Companies in Financial Difficulty) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations), which came into force on 7 July and were subsequently amended yesterday on 23 July. Now that CIGA is in force, we take a closer look at the legislation from a pensions perspective.
As the Bill passed through Parliament, the UK Government debated variou…
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