Law and Regulation

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.

Good pension scheme governance relies on the skills, diversity and knowledge of the trustees, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has argued.

Con Keating writes an open letter to Frank Field MP, the chairman-elect of the Work and Pensions Committee, about the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Here it is in full…

The industry does not believe the government's proposed cold calling ban will impact on providers' confidence to contact members about the importance of savings.

Anti-scam messages on rogue websites are leading consumers to believe they are legitimate investment vehicles, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warns.