Law and Regulation

Edward Brown says the Pensions Ombudsman's maladministration ruling against the Northumbria Police Authority for its handling of a transfer out of the Police Pension Scheme is an 'uncomfortable' decision.

Defined benefit (DB) pension funds are increasingly under pressure to put in place dividend-sharing mechanisms as the regulator seeks to address the disparity with deficit contributions.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned schemes that making future changes to benefits or structures could cause them to become subject to its master trust regime.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said it was unaware of six schemes that meet the legal definition of 'master trust' ahead of the start of the authorisation regime.

A ruling by The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) could mean past victims get redress if it finds trustees failed to alert members to pension transfer risks or did not perform mandatory checks.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched criminal proceedings against an accountant who deliberately provided false information about pension provision at a company he was working for.

Margaret Snowdon says there are three ways to protect members from making bad decisions

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has launched an inquiry to ask whether the pensions industry provides "sufficient transparency" of charges, strategy and performance to savers.

The Pension Regulator's (TPR) Determinations Panel has appointed five members as it prepares to rule on master trust authorisation applications

Nine in ten respondents said around 160,000 pages of legislation is too much