Law and Regulation

LGPS funds will be reclassified as retail investors, which could lead to a major asset sell-off, increase costs, and restrict what they can invest in, finds Stephanie Baxter

Lay trustees must up their game

A new accounting standard will worsen the insolvency scores of hundreds of employers in the Pension Protection Fund, finds Stephanie Baxter

Sobering reading for lay trustees

A European ruling could force trustees to take radical action on how they transfer member data finds Michael Klimes

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) issued almost four times more auto-enrolment non-compliance notices against employers in last three months than in the previous quarter, official figures show.

Statistics from HMRC reveal 146,000 people have accessed around £2.72bn since the introduction of pension freedoms in April.

Changing from EET to TEE will be a short term, not a long term tax solution, says National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Chancellor George Osborne has said he will wait until next spring to reveal the government's view on reforming pension tax relief.

The government has published plans that could give trustees responsibility for ensuring their members are not paying commission to advisers out of their own pot.