Law and Regulation

Industry believes regulator should have tighter control over concerning DB transfers to protect scheme members.

The High Court has ruled that Wedgwood made an effective and valid decision when closing the Wedgwood Group Pension Plan (WGPP) to future accrual and ending the final salary link.

Collective defined contribution (CDC) arrangements could be set up without needing full CDC legislation, which would speed up and make the process easier, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has claimed.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed it started discussing the future viability of construction giant Carillion with its defined benefit (DB) trustees last July, just after the first profit warning.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEISC) will hold two sessions to probe why Carillion went into liquidation.

Four scammers have been told to pay back £13.7m after luring 245 pension savers to transfer funds to 11 bogus schemes.

Guy Opperman says we need to get people to fall in love with pensions again and give them the tools to achieve a more secure retirement

The government has indicated it may change the order in which debts are recovered during an insolvency, putting pension schemes higher up the hierarchy.

Sackers has outlined the ten key actions trustees need to take to understand the responsibilities that will be expected of them from 25 May.

Steve Webb says there are various ways to take action on executives who try to line their pockets by putting workers' pensions at risk