Law and Regulation

Do proposed changes to accounting rules mean Armageddon for UK PLC

The government has grossly underestimated the impact on providers of the pension charge cap by about £800m, says Royal London.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says its auto-enrolment policy is proving successful, with almost three quarters of the population aware of the flagship programme.

Members of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme will receive their benefits in full after a £184m settlement was reached in the six-year legal battle that followed the firm's bankruptcy.

Four out of five investment advisers are concerned that inappropriate products are being rushed to market to take advantage of changes announced in the Budget, research finds.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) has discovered a £15m black hole in its finances, after a pensions accounting error was overlooked since 2006.

Jane Marshall says trustees now have a clear and persuasive guide to socially responsible investing

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says it will continue to work closely with the Investment Management Association (IMA) following the disbandment of the Institutional Investor Committee (IIC).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has given the trustees and sponsors of the Brunel and Staveley pension schemes an extra three months to respond to a warning notice issued last year.

A new measure of inflation developed by the Office of National Statistics has had its official status downgraded a little over a year after it was first proposed.