Law and Regulation

How the industry responded to the Freedom and Choice in Pensions consultation

The guidance guarantee will fuel demand for independent workplace advice, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Steve Webb has repeated his call to scrap the lifetime allowance on pension saving and introduce a flat-rate tax relief of 30% on contributions.

Why the latest Scottish Widows Retirement Report makes good reading for politicians

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has used its latest annual funding statement to urge trustees facing difficult negotiations make greater use of flexibilities in the funding regime.

The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees and employers to "work in a collaborative and transparent way" on scheme funding in its latest defined benefit code of practice.

The nine key points from the regulator's new code of practice

Higher rate taxpayers who do not pay into a pension scheme are missing out on a collective £225m in tax relief every year, according to data from Prudential.

The government must make an "urgent decision" on the specifics of the guidance guarantee to ensure the April 2015 deadline is met, Friends Life has said.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has backed the government's plans to give defined contribution (DC) savers more flexibility and urged it not to ban transfers from defined benefit (DB) schemes.