Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has defended its draft guidance on defined benefit (DB) funding after the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI) criticised the code.

The majority of respondents believe concern over conflicts of interest has reduced the number of senior people serving on trustee boards.

The majority of Buzz respondents leapt to the defence of trustees, rejecting the suggestion they were getting their priorities wrong and devoting too much time to box-ticking exercises.

Despite rejecting Steve Webb's idea of a cooling off period, Buzz contributors were far from happy with the state of the annuity market.

Just one in five respondents backed the government's plans to exempt employees who have already opted out of contractual enrolment from auto-enrolment (AE).

Steve Webb's commitment to introducing a charge cap on auto-enrolment (AE) schemes has "shamefully" collapsed, Labour's Lord Desmond Browne says.

An opposition amendment that would have allowed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to rethink its pot follows member proposals has been narrowly defeated in the House of Lords.

Jonathan Stapleton welcomes the government's moves on transparency

Rachel Dalton looks at the latest twist in the row over civil partners’ scheme benefits

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will appeal the Pensions Ombudsman's (PO) decision that the BBC did not breach its implied duty when putting in place an annual pensionable pay cap of 1%.