Law and Regulation

The RSA's David Pitt-Watson explains what the government needs to go if it wants to introduce collective defined contribution (CDC) to the UK.

Aon Hewitt's Kevin Wesbroom talks about the impact of the Budget on attempts to introduce collective defined contribution (CDC) to the UK.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to ask DC trustees to wind-up schemes or transfer members in a bid to improve standards in smaller plans.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has stressed the importance of value over low cost in reforming the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has almost doubled the amount it will spend on auto-enrolment (AE) enforcement in 2014/15.

Local government minister Brandon Lewis has questioned whether Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) representatives are "telling the truth" about fund performance.

Workers could lose out as a result of the changes announced in the Budget if they lead to less pooling of longevity risk, warns shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont.

The burden of complying with an updated European pensions directive and changes announced in the Budget could lead employers to wind up small schemes, warns a consultant.

The Pension Liberation Industry Group is set to release its code of practice on pensions transfers in early July.

Enabling transfers from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) schemes post Budget opens up a "huge continuum of potential outcomes" for DB schemes according to TPR's Stephen Soper.