Law and Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Invesco Perpetual £18.6m for exposing investors to more risk than they had been led to expect in funds including Neil Woodford's giant income portfolios.

PwC has urged the government to scrap the state pension age (SPA) after research found four out of ten people want more flexibility around when they can access their retirement benefits.

The majority of the industry is far from optimistic that auto-enrolment and a flat-rate state pension will give workers enough to retire on, PP research finds.

Two thirds of the pension industry think the government should consider compulsory saving to make sure as many workers as possible had something to supplement their state pension.

Seven out of ten people in the industry do not believe the combination of statutory auto-enrolment and new flat-rate state pension will give workers enough to retire on.

The majority of the industry believes auto-enrolment (AE) in its current form will not deliver the retirement income targeted by the Pensions Commission.

Trustee due diligence should be prioritised over member transfer rights in order to stamp out pension liberation, Margaret Snowdon says.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) are investigating the pre-pack insolvency of Astracast over concerns the firm's owner has dumped its scheme on the lifeboat fund.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will work in conjunction with other regulators to develop actuarial assessment and quality standards in the coming year.

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