Law and Regulation

A consultation into capping early exit charges for occupational pensions has revealed how "torturous and more opaque" the system is compared to personal pensions.

The regulator should completely ban all pension early exit charges to prevent any saver being penalised for taking advantage of the freedom and choice reforms, Hargreaves Lansdown has said.

DWP's consultation on capping exit charges in occupational schemes has closed. Despite agreement on removing barriers to the freedoms, Michael Klimes finds there will be major administration hurdles.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued PTL with the maximum fine after it failed to prepare annual governance statements for three schemes.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) will introduce a Retirement Quality Mark (RQM) later this year, it has announced.

The Pensions Regulator's updated DC code outlines what it expects of trustees, but it is not mandatory. James Phillips explores what trustees can take from its recommendations.

The government needs to revisit the balance of auto-enrolment (AE) contributions in its upcoming review, according to NOW: Pensions.

Workplace pensions, childcare and cycle to work schemes have been left out of plans to reform salary sacrifice, according to a recently published HMRC consultation.

The Insolvency Service has revealed it closed down five pension liberation firms in its last financial year from April 2015 to March 2016.

This week's biggest stories included Lloyds' trade union taking legal action over GMP equalisation, a same sex partner benefits appeal case, and asset managers arguing hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments'.