Law and Regulation

The market is now under investigation by the competition watchdog following the FCA's decision to recommend a probe, writes Stephanie Baxter

Two-thirds of the industry believe The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should look at the immediate insolvency of a company when considering whether to approve a restructure involving a pension scheme.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a section 89 report on the use of its anti-avoidance powers in seeking financial support for the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan.

Paul Masterton MP disagrees there is no affordability problem in DB schemes, and calls for a statutory override to allow trustees to switch to CPI

Trustees should not have to meet numerous sets of regulatory guidance to achieve effective scheme governance, according to a lawyer.

The UK pension system is unfair on young people and the self-employed, a poll by the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has said.

The government has confirmed it will implement the reduction of the money purchase annual allowance (MPAA), originally due to take effect in April, retrospectively.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will prosecute a bus company and one of its directors after it failed to comply with its duties to provide a workplace pension.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will take action on poor scheme governance after its research found despite improvement among larger schemes, many trustee boards are failing to meet their duties.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wants to improve the disclosure of costs and charges to defined contribution (DC) members and will consult on this in the future, policy manager David Farrar says.