Law and Regulation

Top stories on Professional Pensions this week include our list of IGC members, and a review of possible pensions ministers. Here's what you might have missed.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has urged the UK watchdog to resolve confusion in its proposed rules on transfers from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes.

PP talks to the departing Pensions Ombudsman

PwC's Raj Mody says 'freedom and choice' should be extended to state benefits

The Liberal Democrats would explore overhauling tax relief on pensions contributions if they play a part in the next government, according to the party's manifesto.

The Green party wants to halve the amount of tax relief given on pension contributions to fund a non-contributory ‘citizen's pension'.

The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon has been fined £126m by the Financial Conduct Authority for serious failures to safeguard clients' assets.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ordered a deferred member of the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme to return an overpayment of £2,152 resulting from an administrative error.

The Conservative Party's election manifesto launched today promises to put pensioners at the centre of policy making.

Labour has said it will reform the pensions market to protect consumers from retirement ‘rip-offs' and make sure pension providers put savers first.