Law and Regulation

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to crack down on pensions cold calling and give firms more powers to block suspicious transfers.

The government has announced a consultation into reducing the money purchase annual allowance (MPAA).

A £250m contingent payment, due to be paid in 2019, was created for Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees to use however they wanted, according to its former chairman.

The 2017 auto-enrolment (AE) review must have a wide scope and look at the longer term to ensure adequate savings, the industry has told the pensions minister.

Member-nominated trustees (MNTs) of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) became more flexible and mature as time progressed, a fellow trustee has called.

The chancellor will outline plans to ban pensions cold calling and give firms more powers to block suspicious transfers in this Wednesday's Autumn Statement.

The High Court has heard the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees were entitled to include the value of recovery plan payments when deciding whether to pay discretionary increases.

The Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees needed to take a tactical approach to funding negotiations to pay Retail Price Index-linked (RPI) increases, their former legal adviser Anthony Arter has said.

It was not legally risky for the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees to unilaterally amend the trust deed to give themselves a discretionary increase power, ex-adviser Anthony Arter has said.

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) to assess projected life expectancy in future years for the state pension age review.