The Pension Schemes Bill should provide for a shortened authorisation process for schemes which have achieved the Master Trust Assurance Framework (MAF), Smart Pension has said.

This week's top stories included coverage of a report which was highly critical of The Pensions Regulator, and a Supreme Court judgement would could see schemes having to provide death benefits to unmarried partners.

2016 was a big year for pensions in the courts, but the coming months already have a number of potentially game-changing cases lined up. James Phillips explores the cases to watch

Almost all defined benefit (DB) trustees show excellent understanding of financial concepts, but most boards lack diversity.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has incurred around £1.4m of external costs during its anti-avoidance investigation of the Silentnight pension scheme.

The government has blundered by failing to include rate hikes past 8% in its forthcoming review of automatic enrolment (AE), Frank Field has said.

Pension legislation and regulation need a radical overhaul in order to reduce complexity and communicate a coherent message, according to a report.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has been heavily criticised in a damning indictment of the state of UK pension regulation.

Education technology provider RM has seen the deficit of its defined benefit (DB) scheme rise by £12.8m in one year.

Schemes can improve their governance by putting more member-nominated trustees (MNTs) on their board, according to the Association of Member-Nominated Trustees.