British Polythene Industries (BPI) is to restructure a property-backed funding partnership with its scheme after an intervention from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

Draft legislation to introduce legally enforceable prenuptial agreements to the UK could lead to a "surge in workload" for schemes according to an admin provider.

The majority of respondents believe concern over conflicts of interest has reduced the number of senior people serving on trustee boards.

This week, Buzz respondents rejected Steve Webb's idea to give annuitants a one-year cooling off period.

Buzz respondents firmly rejected Steve Webb's latest idea to help consumers in the annuity market.

The majority of Buzz respondents leapt to the defence of trustees, rejecting the suggestion they were getting their priorities wrong and devoting too much time to box-ticking exercises.

Despite rejecting Steve Webb's idea of a cooling off period, Buzz contributors were far from happy with the state of the annuity market.

Just one in five respondents backed the government's plans to exempt employees who have already opted out of contractual enrolment from auto-enrolment (AE).

Jack Jones on the lack of corporate management representation on trustee boards

Jack Jones looks at the declining number of ‘heavy hitters’ on trustee boards and asks how schemes can keep communication flowing