An independent Scotland would seek for occupational pension schemes straddling the border to be jointly regulated with the United Kingdom, a commission for the Scottish Government has said.

A "tentative and apologetic approach is ingrained" at The Pensions Regulator (TPR) but its leadership is not equipped to make the cultural change required for more effective oversight, MPs have said in a letter to the regulator.

In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know whether you agree with MPs that enhanced powers for The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will only be effective if there is also a cultural change at the watchdog.

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has entered into a £330m joint venture with Places for People to acquire a range of private rented residential assets.

Pension schemes at the UK's 100 largest listed companies had a combined accounting surplus of £4bn at the end of 2017, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) analysis suggests.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has appointed Emma Douglas as the inaugural chair of its newly-formed policy board.

The Labour party will hold an independent review of financial services regulatory bodies in the wake of the collapse of construction giant Carillion.

The number of pension schemes retendering for investment consulting services has dropped sharply over the last decade, IC Select research reveals.

Prudential is to slash the size of its corporate defined contribution (DC) pensions business as it moves to purely online- and telephone-based services, Professional Pensions can reveal.

Some 100,000 defined benefit (DB) transfers took place in the 2017/18 financial year, according to estimates by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).