Law and Regulation

The government has set out initial thoughts on the criteria for DB master trusts to be accredited. James Phillips looks at the details

John Gray predicts teething problems ahead and says regulation will result in a cultural shock for some schemes

Steve Webb says the sooner government as a whole, and HMRC in particular, has the bandwidth to return to the domestic agenda, the better it will be

A trustee is imprisoned after using employees' funds to prop up struggling businesses and buy a home for his daughter. James Phillips looks at the details of the case.

A historic bid to equalise normal pension ages (NPAs) in the Safeway Pension Scheme should be quashed, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has been advised.

Rory Murphy says a bona fide mediation process could provide valuable evidence of reasonableness for trustee and employer alike

Collective defined contribution (CDC) provision will be introduced slowly, starting specifically with a Royal Mail scheme and then rolling it out more widely, the government has confirmed.

Robin Ellison says the one great advantage of the Brexit experience has been the inability of government to pass much new legislation affecting pensions

Philip Hammond's Spring Statement was empty of any direct pension news as the Treasury sought to avoid major policy announcements.

UK gross domestic product (GDP) is set to grow by 1.2% in 2019, less than the 1.3% forecast in the 2018 Autumn Budget, but the economy will expand over the each of the next five year's, Chancellor Philip Hammond said in today's Spring Statement.