Law and Regulation

The People's Pension has absorbed almost £20m in funds under management after completing the transfer of master trust Your Workplace Pension.

The Insolvency Service has placed six firms overseeing 15 occupational pension schemes into provisional liquidation after an investigation.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to prosecute recruitment company Workchain and seven of its directors and senior staff for allegedly using a computer programme to terminate employees' membership.

The CMA's latest working paper finds trustees are very likely to choose their existing investment consultant for a fiduciary management mandate without third-party advice, James Phillips reports

The Nortel Networks UK Pension Scheme will boost benefits for members and leave Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment, nine years after the collapse of the US-based telecommunications company.

Ex-BHS chief Dominic Chappell faces up to 15 years of disqualification from running or controlling companies for his handling of British Home Stores (BHS).

The pressure of "excessive regulation" is causing a drop in the number of lay trustees and deterring people from taking up the role, according to this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

The regulator speaks to Kim Kaveh about how its code of practice for authorising master trusts will aid the process.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published for consultation its draft code of practice for authorising and supervising master trusts.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has abandoned plans to drop the unsuitable defined benefit (DB) transfer assumption as a result of concerns about unsuitable advice being given in the area.