SCHEDULE 3Financial sustainability requirement

Part 2Matters which the Regulator must take into account

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The Regulator must take account of the following matters in deciding whether it is satisfied that a collective money purchase scheme has sufficient financial resources to meet the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act (financial sustainability requirement)—

a

the scheme’s sources of income, including the estimated amount of income from each source;

b

the estimated cost of setting up the scheme;

c

the estimated cost of running the scheme;

d

the trustees’ strategy for meeting any shortfall between the scheme’s income and the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act;

e

the robustness of any estimates provided to the Regulator in relation to the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act, and the robustness of the strategy mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

f

where one or more employers in relation to the scheme has agreed to fund any of the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act, the financial position of each of those employers that the Regulator considers relevant;

g

the scheme financing arrangements entered into by the trustees in respect of the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act;

h

the security and enforceability of loans and other funding commitments provided to the trustees in respect of the scheme;

i

where the scheme has an arrangement with a service provider under which the service provider accepts the risk that its costs will exceed any fee paid to it, the provisions made to secure this service and any limitation on the service provider’s liability for those costs;

j

any insurance held in respect of the costs mentioned in section 14(2)(a) of the Act, including details of—

i

the insurance provider;

ii

the policy holder;

iii

the beneficiary of the policy;

iv

any limitations on the insurer’s liability.