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TPR steps up performance after hitting most targets

The Pensions Regulator has built on its past successes despite working in an increasingly challenging environment, Natasha Browne finds

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 July 2015
PO faces 240% surge in pension liberation cases

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has experienced a 240% increase in the number of new investigations opened in relation to suspected pension liberation.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 July 2015
Aon launches pensions 'buffer' account to tackle trapped surpluses

Aon Hewitt has launched a charged custody account targeted at defined benefit (DB) schemes to act as a "buffer" in preventing trapped surpluses.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 July 2015
TPR to probe schemes on DC transfer procedures

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched an investigation into exit fees, charges and the defined contribution (DC) transfer process, in a bid to improve processes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 July 2015
PBUK 2015: PPF warns against banking on rising rates

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has raised concern that low interest rates could persist into the future despite expectations of a reversal to historic norms.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 01 July 2015
PBUK 2015: Too much legal liability risks turning trustees into 'lemmings'

Placing too much legal liability on trustees risks "catastrophic" consequences for the financial system, according to a leading industry thinker.

  • Industry
  • 01 July 2015
Court to determine if survivor benefits will be equalised for same-sex spouses

The Court of Appeal is set to decide whether a judgment allowing schemes to restrict survivor benefits for civil partners and same-sex spouses is compatible with EU law.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 June 2015
Is sacking workers easier than changing scheme rules?

Natasha Browne examines how employers can amend their pension provision without ending up in court

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2015
Is good governance only for large pension schemes?

Natasha Browne asks whether TPR is right to say small schemes will never meet its governance targets

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 June 2015
Income gap between pensioners and workers starts to close

The weekly income gap between pensioners and the working-age population has narrowed to 8% over the past two decades, according to official figures.

  • Industry
  • 26 June 2015
PO sets minimum compensation for inconvenience of maladministration

New Pensions Ombudsman (PO) Anthony Arter has introduced a minimum compensation level of £500 for "inconvenience" or "distress" caused by maladministration.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 25 June 2015
Over-50s confused over single-tier state pension

People approaching retirement are confused about the potential benefits of the single-tier state pension set come into effect next April, according to Saga.

  • Industry
  • 24 June 2015
ONS: Workplace schemes most attractive retirement savings vehicle for staff

There has been a steady climb in the proportion of Britons who see workplace pension schemes as the best way to save for retirement.

  • Industry
  • 24 June 2015
Second-hand annuities would help DB schemes hedge longevity risk

A secondary annuity market would help with hedging longevity risk in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, experts say.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 24 June 2015
TPR 'accepts' small schemes will never meet governance standards

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) "accepts" that many small pension schemes will never achieve the necessary standards it has laid out on governance.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 June 2015
IFoA: Half of annuitants would resist urge to cash in contract

Most annuity holders would resist the urge to cash in their policies on a secondary market despite concerns people had got a bad deal from insurers, according to research.

  • Industry
  • 23 June 2015
High Court forces two companies into liquidation over £12m pension scam

Two north-west businesses have been wound up by the High Court after convincing 209 people to put total pension savings of £11.9m into a fraudulent investment scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 June 2015
Auto-enrolment providers in duplication error

Some workers put into Now Pensions and the People's Pension have been mistakenly enrolled multiple times, PP understands.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 22 June 2015
The perils of poorly negotiated scheme investment management agreements

Trustees need to set clear investment objectives with their managers to ensure the contract works in their favour, Natasha Browne finds

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 June 2015
Longevity risk: 'it's the demographics stupid'

The development of a capital market for longevity risk would ease the debt burden on future generations, Natasha Browne hears

  • Risk Reduction
  • 18 June 2015
Altmann 'disappointed' by providers' refusal to offer full freedoms

Pensions minister Ros Altmann is disappointed that many providers have failed to offer the full range of pension freedoms to their customers.

  • Industry
  • 18 June 2015
Mandatory advice crucial for secondary annuity market

People looking to trade in their annuities for cash should be obliged to take independent financial advice, industry pundits agree.

  • Industry
  • 18 June 2015
Contagion risk from Greek default is 'low'

Concerns of a Greek default on its €1.5bn (£1.1bn) repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due by the end of the month are mounting.

  • Industry
  • 18 June 2015
Rate rise expected in early 2016 despite strong wage growth

The Bank of England (BOE) is unlikely to increase interest rates until the beginning of next year even though real wages have grown 2.7% in a year, economists say.

  • Industry
  • 17 June 2015
Blake warns of dangerous concentration of longevity risk among insurers

The insurance industry faces a "severe" concentration of systematic longevity risk through the market for buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, according to professor David Blake.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 June 2015
ABI warns against 'blame game' on access to pension freedoms

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has hit back at proposals that providers would be "named and shamed" for not offering the full range of pension freedoms.

  • Industry
  • 15 June 2015
PO Arter orders refund for pensioner penalised in overpayment

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ruled that a pensioner in the Civil Service Pension Scheme be refunded for repayments he made to the scheme after an overpayment error.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 June 2015
DB liabilities outstrip GDP by £200bn

Private sector defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have total liabilities of over £2trn, according to figures published today.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 15 June 2015
Government will 'name and shame' providers creating barriers to freedoms

The government has warned providers it is their responsibility to deliver the options promised by the ‘freedom and choice' reforms.

  • Industry
  • 15 June 2015
Why a secondary annuity market has legs

Natasha Browne takes a look at some of the proposals for a successful secondary annuity market as the consultation closes

  • Industry
  • 15 June 2015
Authorities come down hard on trustees involved in £19m scam

The Insolvency Service has made a successful application to the High Court to place two trustee firms linked to pensions scams into provisional liquidation

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 June 2015
Is the weight of pension freedom bearing down on providers?

Should pension providers be forced to offer the full range of freedom and choice products to consumers? Natasha Browne investigates

  • Industry
  • 12 June 2015
Kuwait Petroleum scheme agrees £42.3m enhanced bulk annuity deal

The Kuwait Petroleum Services Company Pension Scheme has secured a medically underwritten bulk annuity policy worth £42.3m with Partnership.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 11 June 2015
Baker Tilly to rebrand as RSM

Baker Tilly has announced it will be adopting the RSM brand name from 26 October in a bid to cement its global position in audit, tax and consulting services.

  • Industry
  • 11 June 2015
Trustee firms overseeing £19m in suspicious schemes forced into provisional liquidation

The High Court has put two trustee companies connected with suspected pension liberation schemes into provisional liquidation following applications made by the Insolvency Service.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 June 2015
Dentist multi-employer specialist to auto-enrol with Aon's Littleblue

The dental industry's multi-employer specialist Denplan has selected Aon Employee Benefit's Littleblue solution for auto-enrolment (AE).

  • Industry
  • 10 June 2015
Northern Bank Pension Scheme agrees £680m buy-in with Pru

The Northern Bank Pension Scheme has entered into a £680m buy-in with Prudential, marking the largest bulk annuity deal agreed so far this year.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 June 2015
Eurozone GDP expands 1% year-on-year

The Eurozone experienced a 1% increase in gross domestic product (GDP) on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2015.

  • Industry
  • 10 June 2015
PPF: Deficits down by a third since January peak

The total deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index has fallen by more than a third since the record high of £367.5bn in January.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 June 2015
Ombudsman forces managers to make up losses suffered in late transfer

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ordered two wealth managers to make up the investment losses incurred by a pensioner on the late transfer of his drawdown fund.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 June 2015
Cameron warns providers against exploiting pension freedoms

Prime minister David Cameron has vowed to keep a watchful eye on pension providers to ensure they do not hike up charges in the wake of the freedom and choice reforms.

  • Industry
  • 08 June 2015
DWP suffers 'extremely worrying' staff cuts of 30%

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has seen its staff headcount slashed by 29% since 2010, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 June 2015
TPR to probe DC trustees on charge cap compliance

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to assess whether or not trustees of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes have applied the 0.75% charge cap which came into effect in April.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 June 2015
TPR publishes compliance policy for LGPS governance laws

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a compliance and enforcement policy for public service schemes, including the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 June 2015
UPDATED: Friends Life backtracks on freedom and choice offering

Friends Life will not be offering its customers the uncrystallised funds pension lump sum (UFPLS) option under the freedom and choice reforms, the provider has confirmed.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 June 2015
Lesley Titcomb: 'TPR has used its powers when necessary - and they are strong powers'

TPR chief exec on the challenges ahead

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 June 2015
Disabilities minister Tomlinson to be government's Commons pensions spokesman

Minister for disabled people Justin Tomlinson will be the spokesman for pensions in the House of Commons, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

  • Industry
  • 03 June 2015
Cash requests tail off as pension freedoms bed down

The proportion of people looking to take their pensions as cash has declined by almost a third over the weeks since the launch of the freedom reforms, according to research.

  • Industry
  • 02 June 2015
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