Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has been granted £3.5m of additional funds to boost its compliance and enforcement work, its non-executive chairman Mark Boyle has said.

The watchdog's approach has become too aggressive in the last year and it seems to be moving away from a risk-based approach, according to Peter Askins.

The government suffered a major High Court defeat after guidance forcing the LGPS to invest in line with UK foreign policy was deemed unlawful. Stephanie Baxter finds it could have far-reaching consequences.

The Conservative Party has abandoned dropping the triple lock on the state pension in order to secure a confidence and supply deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Proposals to modernise processes around transfers have received support but miss some key points, writes Michael Klimes

The hung parliament means planned measures to mitigate scams will be kicked down the road, the industry has told PP.

The government has suffered a major defeat in the High Court after its rules on Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investments were deemed unlawful.

The industry has broadly welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) plans to modernise processes around pension transfers in response to concerns over surging demand.

Britain needs an intergenerational equalities minister to remove the sting of inequality between young and old that has been growing since the 1980s according to Chris Wagstaff.

Richard Butcher says the role should be scrapped as pensions are too important to mess with.