Law and Regulation

A ruling from the High Court has made it more difficult for members to keep pension overpayments on the grounds that they did not know their obligations.

SPP president Duncan Buchanan says ‘we buy any pension dot com’ could leave retirees penniless.

Helen Morrissey says people retiring in the next few years will risk making poor decisions

Defined contribution schemes have been hit by waves of regulation but what are the costs? Michael Klimes tries to find out

Stephanie Baxter says local boards will increase complexity, not improve governance

PP looks at why DC trustees are finding it difficult to meet higher cost transparency rules

Fraser Sparks looks at the European pensions regulator's plans for a Holistic Balance Sheet and asks whether it is needed.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its final code of practice for all public service funds including the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The pension industry has warned that the European pension regulator's proposed Holistic Balance Sheet (HBS) would have a detrimental impact on UK schemes.

A man in bankruptcy has retained his personal pension after a High Court judge decided he should not be compelled to hand it over under an Income Payments Order (IPO).