Law and Regulation

Planned regulations for master trusts may now include a requirement for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to introduce a "funder of last resort".

The Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have launched a consultation on merging financial guidance services into a unified body to provide a more efficient and central support service.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision to allow four former directors of Granada Group to receive £40m pensions without shareholder approval.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed how it will raise the bar on trustees to address concerns that too many members are suffering financial detriment from poor stewardship.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has secured a £255m payment to save the benefits of 24,000 Coats Group scheme members, marking the start of the end to a three-year saga.

Pension providers have made "significant progress" in reducing costs and charges following earlier recommendations by the Independent Project Board (IPB) that they do so, the regulator has found.

Equalisation problems from the 1990s are increasingly coming out of the woodwork as more schemes go down the bulk annuity route. The consequences can be enormous but there are ways to tackle it, writes Stephanie Baxter

The government has confirmed its much anticipated review into auto-enrolment (AE) will take place in 2017, and has revealed what it will cover.

The government has set out detailed plans to ban cold calling and give more powers to trustees to stop rogue transfers. Michael Klimes asks if it is enough to stop scams.

The Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees were "entirely reasonable" when including £55m annual recovery payments and a £250m contingent payment in their discretionary increase framework, their lawyer has said.