Law and Regulation

UK pensions would be better off regulated by a single body in the future, the pensions minister Steve Webb has said.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has hit Mazars with almost £2m in fines and costs for giving bad advice to trustees of the First Quench scheme.

The government is looking into exit fees levied on people cashing in their defined contribution (DC) pots, but has as yet no plans to intervene, says Steve Webb.

A recap of the biggest news in the pensions world over the last six weeks.

The Jerome Group Plc Retirement Benefits Plan is expected to enter the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) in an attempt to resolve the scheme's deficit issue.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has dismissed a pensioner complaint against the GE Scheme after it stopped discretionary increases to inflation.

Trustees have been warned of a lack of regulation surrounding new rules to allow pension members to access their defined contribution (DC) pots directly.

Malcolm McLean asks if the latest changes are in step with other reforms

As the six-year saga is finally settled, we recap of how events unfolded

Natasha Browne examines whether this has set a precedent