Law and Regulation

Increasing pension contributions should be the day one priority of the pensions minister post-election according to Steve Webb.

Top stories this week include trustees banned over an £11m scam, criticism of compliance-focused actuaries and plans to let people cash in annuities. Here's what you might have missed.

The government is consulting on relaxing the employer debt regime that requires firms to pay their portion of any deficit in full when they leave a multi-employer scheme.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has urged the next government to take seven steps to improve retirement incomes

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has called for savers to get early access to some of their pension as part of a seven-point plan to boost retirement incomes.

Controversial proposals to allow existing pensioners to sell their annuities for cash - and insurers to compete for the contracts - are to be discussed by ministers this week ahead of the 18 March Budget, according to reports.

Kevin Wesbroom asks how damaging it would be if the next government put pensions tax relief on a par with ISAs

While last year's Budget put the focus firmly on DC, trustees still need to be aware of potential risks in their DB scheme say Peter Murphy and Arshad Khan.

The twin regulatory regime governing the pensions landscape could end up confusing scheme members over their at-retirement choices after April, experts say.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned two trustees from practice after they took part in an £11m liberation scam.