Law and Regulation

Jonathan Lipkin says the Investment Association is getting closer to delivering a complete framework for disclosing costs.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs more funding and staff rather than a larger suite of powers, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.

Tax relief reductions have lowered the allure of pensions relative to other savings products, potentially costing the government billions of pounds in lost tax revenue over the long term.

Whitbread Group has chosen Aries Insight's pensions service to help it stay on top of ever changing and complex regulation.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have both called for the watchdog to have stronger and more punitive regulatory powers.

The pre-pack administration arrangement for turkey producer Bernard Matthews seems to have been designed to “dump” its pension scheme, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.

Savers will not be forced to fork out their retirement savings to pay outstanding debts if they have to declare bankruptcy, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

The government is to create a single guidance body for pensions, money and debt matters, which will replace The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), including Pension Wise, and the Money Advice Service (MAS), it has said.

Freedom and Choice was designed to give savers more options at retirement, but some face a hard decision in order to take advantage. James Phillips explores the difficulties

Shajahan Alam says giving DB schemes flexibility to reduce inflation linkage sounds a lot simpler than it would be in practice.