The Pension Protection Fund (Statement of Investment Principles) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/675
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Statement of Investment Principles) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.

Section 2 Review and revision of statement of investment principles

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prescribed intervals for the purposes of section 114(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004 (investment principles) at which the Board must secure that the statement of investment principles is reviewed and if necessary revised are intervals not exceeding 12 months beginning with—

(a) in the case of the first review of that statement, the day that statement was prepared; or

(b) in the case of each subsequent review, the day that statement was last reviewed or, as the case may be, last revised, whichever is the later.

(2) The prescribed occasions on which the Board must secure that the statement of investment principles is reviewed and if necessary revised are when there has been a significant change in relation to any matter which —

(a) is contained in the statement of investment principles; and

(b) is included in that statement by virtue of regulation 4.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a “significant change” means a change which results in the statement of investment principles being materially inappropriate.

(4) For the purpose of paragraph (2) the review or revision must occur immediately after any such significant change.

Section 3 Preparation or revision of statement of investment principles

(1) The prescribed requirements that the Board must comply with for the purposes of section 114(3) of the Pensions Act 2004 before preparing or revising a statement of investment principles are that the Board shall obtain and consider the written advice of an individual or firm of a description specified in paragraph (2).

(2) An individual or firm shall be—

(a) an individual whom the Board is satisfied has the appropriate knowledge and experience for providing advice to the Board on the preparation or, as the case may be, revision of a statement of investment principles; or

(b) a firm that the Board is satisfied has arrangements in place to secure that any individual who will provide advice to the Board on the preparation or, as the case may be, revision of a statement of investment principles will, at the time he provides that advice, have the appropriate knowledge and experience for providing that advice.

Section 4 Form and content of statement of investment principles

(1) A statement of investment principles shall be in writing.

(2) The prescribed matters which a statement of investment principles shall cover for the purposes of ensuring the prudent management of the Board’s financial affairs are—

(a) the impact of the nature of the Board’s actual and potential liabilities on its investment strategy;

(b) the kinds of investments which are included in the Board’s investment strategy;

(c) the balance between different kinds of investments;

(d) risk measurement and management including the Board’s approach to diversification within its risk management strategy;

(e) the expected return on investments;

(f) the realisation of investments;

(g) the extent, if at all, to which social, environmental or ethical considerations are taken into account in the selection, retention and realisation of investments;

(h) the Board’s policy (if any) in relation to the exercise of the rights (including voting rights) attaching to investments; and

(i) the Board’s policy for securing compliance with the requirements of section 113 of the Pensions Act 2004 (Investment of Funds).