Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun carrying out spot checks across the East Midlands to make sure employers are complying with their pension duties.

Granada and Thorn were consulted on and asked to approve many of the main decisions made within Box Clever Technology (BCT), a former Thorn finance director has told the Upper Tribunal.

As the Work and Pensions Committee's consultation on CDC closes, Stephanie Baxter asks whether it could offer a viable alternative in the binary pensions system

The trustees of the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme turned down a number of financial offers in a bid to secure 100% of members' benefits, the scheme's chairman has told the Upper Tribunal.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) attempt to impose a financial support direction (FSD) on ITV for the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme is a "barn door case", it has argued.

"We must do something, this is something, therefore we must do this," is the politician's fallacy famously expounded by Sir Humphrey Appleby in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) it has launched a probe to decide whether there is any basis for using its anti-avoidance powers with regards to Carillion.

Raising the state pension age (SPA) alone will not address challenges caused by an ageing population, according to the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has provided little evidence of hard action despite being aware of problems at Carillion since at least 2008, Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Frank Field has said.

As the government considers reviewing where schemes rank in insolvencies, James Phillips explores how likely it is for schemes to be able to recover debts and if change is needed.