Law and Regulation

The single state pension which will come in from April 2016 should not be undermined by devolution of powers to different parts of the United Kingdom says Steve Patterson.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ruled that a pensioner in the Civil Service Pension Scheme be refunded for repayments he made to the scheme after an overpayment error.

Pension administrators should not wait for European legislation to force them to create the role of a data protection officer (DPO) and have higher standards.

The Insolvency Service has made a successful application to the High Court to place two trustee firms linked to pensions scams into provisional liquidation

The High Court has put two trustee companies connected with suspected pension liberation schemes into provisional liquidation following applications made by the Insolvency Service.

The Irish government has confirmed it has been looking to Britain for guidance on how it can reform and improve the country's pensions system.

The pensions industry believes it is right for the Financial Conduct Authority to make specialists scrutinise transfers.

The government will not establish a cap on drawdown charges unless it is needed says Lord David Freud.

Universal credit (UC) rules penalise those on low incomes making it harder for them to put money into pensions says the Resolution Foundation.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ordered two wealth managers to make up the investment losses incurred by a pensioner on the late transfer of his drawdown fund.