Law and Regulation

The industry should be ready for another pensions act in 2016 which will clarify European regulations for UK schemes, says Dalriada Trustees director Adrian Kennett.

A High Court ruling protecting the pension of a man who went into bankruptcy will be challenged in the Court of Appeal next January.

The government has pledged to keep the triple lock on state pension increases until 2020 and to leave pensioner benefits such as the winter fuel allowance untouched.

The High Court has dismissed an appeal brought against the BBC after it limited the amount of pensionable pay on salary increases to 1% per year in a bid to plugs its scheme deficit.

Former shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson has some words of advice

A trustee has been fined £250 for failing to respond to requests for a pension transfer submitted by a fellow trustee of a plumber's benefit plan known as the TPR Executive Pension Scheme.

A pension saver who transferred combined pots of £100,708 into a suspicious scheme has been unsuccessful in unlocking his funds.

PP explains how deflation could affect schemes, and what trustees can do

The High Court has ruled that a top up pension scheme set up for four ex-directors of the Granada Group did not require shareholder approval to be considered viable.

Lord Hutton believes the next three years will see "extraordinary change" for the local government scheme. Stephanie Baxter reports