Law and Regulation

Planned changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investment regulations are akin to dictatorship, a Labour shadow minister has said.

The long awaited Pension Schemes Bill to boost master trust regulation has been published. Michael Klimes looks at what it means for providers and the regulator

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) may need additional resources as it takes on new powers around master trusts, and merger and acquisitions (M&A), Lesley Titcomb has said.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will have "game changing" powers to regulate master trusts under a Pensions Schemes Bill, published today.

Automatic enrolment (AE) needs better marketing to ensure that opt-out rates do not increase in the years ahead, the pensions minister has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will consider giving The Pensions Regulator (TPR) additional powers should they be needed, pensions minister Richard Harrington says.

The issue of healthy life expectancy and the ability to work longer will be vital in determining state pension policy according to John Cridland.

The government has decided to scrap its plans to create a market for secondary annuities.

The government must ensure all providers are involved in the pensions dashboard and the project is delivered on time according to a technology expert.

Labour has called for the lifetime ISA (LISA) to be delayed until 2018 in a stark warning about the potential consequences for auto-enrolment (AE).