Law and Regulation

Self-employed people would rather invest cash into savings accounts, cash ISAs or property than pay into a private pension, according to research by Citizens Advice.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has set out plans to impose a regulatory ban on member-borne commissions on service providers, dismissing concerns the responsibility could fall entirely on trustees.

Angela Raynor has called for the creation of a retirement system which ensures a "secure retirement regardless of background" in her first major speech since taking on the shadow pensions brief.

Ethical investing has been strengthened by the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs (ECON) committee, which approved the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) II Directive by 47 to three votes.

The results of the first European-wide stress tests reveal the current macro-economic environment poses huge challenges for defined benefit (DB) schemes as they grapple with low rates and longevity increases.

More than 60% of trust-based schemes do not provide access to a flexible drawdown facility, suggesting a slow response to the April freedoms, according to Willis Towers Watson.

A group of local authorities have joined forces under a major project to tell the government how the local government pension scheme (LGPS) should be pooled.

Robin Ellison asks how we can simplify scheme return documents.

This week in pensions speculation was rife over tax relief reforms, the chancellor announced a cap on exit fees, and DB was set to vanish from the FTSE 250 within a year.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is consulting on proposed changes to its rules to bring them in line with new legislation and lifting of restrictions on the scheme.