Law and Regulation
What does Brexit mean for your scheme and what action should trustees take?
Brexit is likely to have a significant impact on UK schemes' funding and investment strategies. Wayne Fitzgibbon and John Gething look at what trustees can do to prepare
How trustees can prepare for the transaction cost disclosure regulations
The FCA introduced new regulations around the measurement and disclosure of transaction costs in January. Jon Parker looks at how trustees should respond.
Lesley Titcomb: Balance between employer and member interests not always right
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says it may have made mistakes but faces complex decisions to balance member and employer interests.
TPR suspends trustee after police investigation into fraud
A trustee of the Optimum Retirement Benefits Plan has been suspended by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) following the launch of a police investigation into a suspected liberation scam.
EXCLUSIVE: TPR spent £3.1m on external costs in Box Clever case
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed to PP it spent £3.1m in total external costs for the investigation and litigation relating to the Box Clever pension scheme.
Govt must justify planned changes to state pension age
The government will have to justify proposed changes to the state pension age (SPA) after a Prospect petition secured over 12,000 signatures.
DWP consults on changes to trustees' investment duties
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on reforming trustees' duties to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
HMS LGPS? Our members' pensions are now an arm of UK foreign and defence policy!
Colin Meech warns the Court of Appeal's bizarre judgment could cause significant financial detriment to local government pension funds
We must get the dashboard right first time around
Stephanie Baxter says there needs to be a balance between rolling out the pensions dashboard as soon as possible and getting it right
Do we need an Ofsted-style ratings regime for schemes?
Ofsted-style ratings regime for trust-based schemes would provide transparency for members, says Jonathan Stapleton.
More action needed on long recovery plans, say respondents
In this week's Pensions Buzz, we wanted to know whether defined benefit (DB) schemes with recovery plans over 10 years should have to explain, and if the regulator should create a pool of 'super trustees' that can be parachuted into schemes to fix problems...
Gig economy worker secures supreme pensions win
Pimlico Plumbers loses Supreme Court fight over whether its workforce are 'independent contractors' or 'self-employed' leading to AE entitlements, James Phillips writes
PPF issues first guidance on CVA expectations
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published its first official guidance on how it expects companies seeking company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to set out their proposals.
Cost transparency - the end of the beginning?
Stewart Bevan says there's a long way still to travel to achieve transparency, but at least we are now making genuine progress and picking up the pace
Companies to be forced to disclose pay ratios from 2019
Companies with more than 250 employees will be required to disclose the pay gap between chief executives and their average staff members from 2019, the government has announced.
EU must 'stick together' to provide pensions amid Brexit challenges
The EU must "stick together" amid Brexit challenges as a strong economy is needed to provide pensions, Pensions Europe chairman Janwillem Bouma says.
Recruitment agency pleads guilty to illegally opting staff out of pensions
Senior staff at national recruitment agency Workchain have pleaded guilty to illegally opting temporary staff out of their workplace pension scheme, leading to The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) first criminal conviction under this offence.
Have your say: How do you rate Guy Opperman's performance after one year in office?
In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know how you would rate Guy Opperman's performance as pensions and financial inclusion minister after his first year in the post, and whether you believe geopolitical risk will increase or decrease over the next...
MPs warn FCA must publish guidance on financial risk of climate change
A parliamentary inquiry has found "worrying disparity" between The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) pension scheme guidance when it comes to considering environmental risk as a financial factor.
Titcomb's departure comes at critical time for TPR
Jonathan Stapleton says it would be a crying shame if Lesley Titcomb's decision to leave TPR was due to vilification by MPs.
Industry split on whether criticism of TPR is justified
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) deserves recent criticism over past failings, notably with Carillion, according to a narrow majority of this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.
Updated: Former FSA-chief Hector Sants named as single guidance body chair
Former Financial Services Association (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the new, incoming single financial guidance and claims body.
'Rogue' pension firms wound up for 'scant regard' to £21m savings
The High Court has wound up six pension and finance companies after they were found to have abused millions of pounds of people's savings.
Lesley Titcomb to quit TPR next February
Lesley Titcomb is to leave The Pensions Regulator (TPR) at the end of her four-year term as chief executive in February 2019, the watchdog has announced.
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