Law and Regulation
TPR launches first fraud prosecution; Accountant suspected of taking cash from scheme
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched its first fraud prosecution into an accountant suspected of taking money from a pension scheme.
TPR to supervise DB consolidators seeking to enter the market
Defined benefit (DB) superfunds that wish to enter the market must talk to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about their plans before opening for business.
DWP sets out plans for DB consolidator regulation
A regime similar to that for defined contribution (DC) master trusts will be set up for regulating defined benefit (DB) consolidators under plans announced today.
WPC urges TPR for speedy action over Johnston Press pre-pack
Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Frank Field has pressed The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to promptly announce if it will take any action on Johnston Press.
Deliveroo 'riders' denied pension rights
Deliveroo riders have been denied pension rights in a gig economy case which has swung against the outcomes of a series of similar court battles.
Dashboards should be on trust board agendas sooner rather than later
Steve Webb says pension schemes would be ill-advised to sit back and defer consideration of the implications of a dashboard for them.
DWP must compel use of cost transparency templates in pensions bill, MPs told
A pensions bill expected next year must include law to require schemes to collect, publish and analyse cost transparency data from their asset managers, MPs have been told.
Reliable data central to confidence in dashboard
Ros Altmann says there is no need for any legislation to get the dashboard project moving, and the first step could be to sort out data accuracy and reliability issues
Net pay issue to widen as AE lower earnings limit rise confirmed
Low earners in net-pay schemes will lose out on more pensions tax relief as the gap between auto-enrolment (AE) qualifying earnings and the personal tax allowance widens.
BT loses second bid at indexation swap
BT has lost a Court of Appeal attempt to swap one section of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).
Regulators' joint 'ScamSmart' campaign gains traction
The 'ScamSmart' campaign is gaining traction, with a five-fold increase in visits to the official website and thousands of savers a day warned about unauthorised firms operating in the area.
DWP gives go-ahead for gradual rollout of dashboard; plans for compulsion
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the pensions dashboard feasibility study, nine months after it was originally due.
Southern Water pledges extra £50m to DB scheme after TPR action
Southern Water will be forced to cough up more money for its pension scheme earlier than planned after The Pensions Regulator (TPR) intervened in what it said was "unfair treatment" of the scheme.
How will CDC work in the UK?
The Pensions Policy Institute has published a report to clarify confusion around collective defined contribution. Kim Kaveh looks at how it could work in the UK.
'Leave me alone or I will retaliate' - Company chief convicted after refusing TPR information and threatening its staff
The chief executive of a packaging company has been convicted of refusing to give information to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and lambasted for 'intolerable' behaviour towards the watchdog's staff.
Updated: Key dates for pensions
PP has compiled a list of what to watch out for over the coming months.
GDPR six months on - what remains for trustees to do
GDPR introduced significant new obligations on schemes. Six months on, Oliver Topping looks at the areas trustees are still grappling with.
UPDATED: The full list of pensions ministers since 1998
There have been a total of 15 ministers responsible for pensions since 1997. Here is the list in full.
'Big three' continue to resist CMA's fiduciary management tender evidence
Aon, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson have renewed criticism of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over its analysis of the benefits of tendering for fiduciary management contracts.
Moving your DC scheme to a master trust: The legal pitfalls
Many single-employer trust-based DC schemes will move to a master trust in coming years. Stephen Richards looks at the pitfalls they need to avoid
We need a change in the tone of regulation
Robin Ellison says it is not unreasonable for schemes and their trustees and sponsors also to expect an improvement in the tone of regulation
Firm must pay £700,000 of pension contributions after benefit miscalculation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has ordered a firm to pay back more than £700,000 of pension contributions after it miscalculated the amounts due for more than a year.
Addison Lee loses tribunal over self-employed status; drivers to win pension rights
Minicab firm Addison Lee has been told its drivers are not self-employed, but are workers entitled to rights which would include pensions.
Cost disclosure will improve trust and income adequacy
Mel Duffield says cost disclosure framework is a golden opportunity to make a real difference for savers.
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