Law and Regulation

Home secretary Sajid Javid has called for auto-enrolment (AE) to be scrapped as part of a "shock and awe strategy" should the UK fail to reach a Brexit deal, according to reports.

Many smaller pension schemes are failing to demonstrate they provide good value for members, latest research by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) shows.

Trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) have confirmed they will appeal to the Supreme Court over a recent Court of Appeal judgment striking down their ability to award discretionary increases.

Pensions minister Guy Opperman says the new master trust regulations are vital to protect the pensions saving revolution of auto-enrolment.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said he would be happy to hear about reforming the retail prices index (RPI) as long as the Office of National Statistics (ONS) initiates discussions.

Pension scheme trustees will be handed a fresh obligation to disclose to members how they take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when investing.

The government will not proceed with plans to aggregate pensions from multiple employers in a single defined benefit (DB) scheme when it is absorbed into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

The CMA investigation into the investment consultants and fiduciary managers market is drawing to a close. James Phillips looks at reaction to the provisional decision

The majority of defined benefit (DB) savers may sit in "well-run, larger schemes", according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), but the watchdog has warned it will act on smaller schemes that are "lagging behind".

The WPC's cost and transparency inquiry reveals it is impossible to know exactly how much consumers and trustees are paying in charges. Victoria Ticha takes a closer look