Law and Regulation

The Brexit deal on the Irish border is heavily vested in trade and security needs, but it also poses problems for cross-border scheme members, James Phillips writes.

Pension providers should be required to pay out lump sums and other pension benefits to members before they reach minimum pension age in cases of ill health, MP John Mann has said.

Professional trustees will need to comply with six areas of standards from April or May next year under plans to bolster pension scheme governance.

Auto-enrolment (AE) has now brought nine million workers into occupational pensions since its introduction in 2012, latest government figures show.

The roll-out of the government's Help to Save scheme could lead to a rise in automatic enrolment (AE) opt-out rates and have a much bigger impact than the Lifetime ISA (LISA), Aegon has warned.

Just weeks until EU variation margin rules come into force for physical FX forwards, regulators have said schemes will probably not have to comply after all. This creates a lot of uncertainty, writes Stephanie Baxter

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking to convict a healthcare company and its managing director for allegedly breaching their auto-enrolment (AE) duties.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has said a cold-calling ban could be in place by summer if the government heeds its suggestions.

Proposed changes to Scottish income tax bands could see savers receiving too little tax relief, commentators have warned.

The pensions and financial inclusion minister has rejected suggestions that the government is dominated by Brexit discussions and has no time to deal with pensions issues.