Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) updated defined benefit (DB) code of practice comes into force today.

Online register idea touted as ‘win-win’

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have outlined how actuarial regulation will be divided between the two bodies.

Harmonising pension policy on a European Union (EU) level is unlikely to work due to a lack of demand for cross-border schemes, according to a Treasury report, published yesterday.

Insurers are expected to offer income drawdown for schemes unwilling to offer the full range of retirement income options to members.

Pension funds could have been cheated out of millions of pounds by manipulation of the £3trn foreign exchange (FX) markets, warns Mark Taylor, dean of Warwick Business School.

The government has slashed the incremental increase to the state pension offered to workers who delay their retirement.

Retirees could find it difficult to access regulated financial advice when considering defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfers according to Punter Southall.

50% of Aussies spend pension cash by age 70. Will we follow?

SPC president Duncan Buchanan identifies three potential problems