Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has successfully prosecuted a bus company and its managing director for deliberately failing to provide staff with a workplace pension scheme.

Michael Klimes examines whether clarification on new money laundering rules will ease additional obligations on schemes.

Catherine Howarth says the tax avoidance revelations show transparent investment systems are in the public interest and must be applied to pensions

The much-anticipated ban on pensions cold-calling will be presented to parliament in "early 2018", the government has confirmed.

The industry can expect The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to become "increasingly clear" as to which methods are "good" to use for valuations, according to Andrew Young.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published an internal manual on how value-added tax (VAT) should be calculated for defined benefit (DB) occupational pension schemes.

Employees on low wages should be allowed to share in the benefits of a salary exchange for pensions, according to Royal London and Radcliffe & Co.

Former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has claimed civil servants gave explanations that "didn't really ring true" for not introducing a cold calling ban while she was in office.

Schemes should consider more modern ways of engaging with complaining members as this could solve conflicts more quickly, Anthony Arter says.

Stephanie Baxter says the pensions watchdog is right to take a harder line on non-compliance with basic duties, and to make more use of its powers.