Law and Regulation

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting to resolve an "anomaly" where recipients of bridging pensions who enter the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) receive a higher rate of compensation for the rest of their life.

Experts have called on the government to clarify the relationship between state pension age increases and the age from when individuals can flexibly access their pension pots.

The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) is planning to bring The Pensions Advisory Service's (TPAS) dispute resolution process into its remit.

Three public US pension plans have launched a class action against six major investment banks for allegedly colluding to keep securities lending "opaque" and block competition in order to control the market.

Frank Field MP has said the £12.6bn deficit at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the transfer advice individuals receive are topics which demand closer scrutiny.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will prosecute Dominic Chappell for failing to give information and documents requested as part of the investigation into the sale of British Home Stores (BHS).

The government has announced it will press ahead with "tough" measures to protect pension savers as figures reveal almost £5m was lost to scammers between January and May this year.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and ITV will resume a battle in the courts in January in the first instance of an anti-avoidance case being heard in full by the Upper Tribunal.

A former independent financial adviser (IFA) has been jailed for six years after embezzling more than £1m of pension scheme funds to fund his "lavish lifestyle".

Two Court of Appeal judgments have allowed schemes to introduce a pensionable pay cap. James Phillips explains the reasons why and what to be aware of