Law and Regulation

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.

The regulator is cracking down on unacceptable levels of non-compliance and using some of its powers for the first time. Its chief executive Lesley Titcomb tells Stephanie Baxter what trustees can expect

Nearly eight million people fear they will not have enough money to retire when they reach state pension age (SPA), Age UK research has revealed.

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