Law and Regulation

A £250,000 fine issued by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on the Scottish Borders Council (SBC) over a pensions data breach has been overturned.

Naomi Rainey talks exclusively to Burges Salmon about the case

Legal changes may be required to stop the "shockingly large" volume of transfers to pension liberation schemes, a lawyer warns.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will conduct sector-specific compliance research to better understand how auto-enrolment (AE) is applied in different industries.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has urged trustees to examine asset-backed contribution structures (ABCs) carefully and explore "less risky alternatives" before entering into such an arrangement.

The trustee of Desmond & Sons Pension Scheme has won its bid to hold a third director liable for debts of the fund.

Industry figures have called for regulatory intervention to solve the compensation gap for members within third-party life funds.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has used its powers to appoint Dalriada as trustee to 44 suspected pension liberation schemes since May 2011.

Jonathan Stapleton says the defined ambition proposals offer a sensible solution

Small employers and those who have not previously offered pensions are unlikely to adopt the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) defined ambition (DA) ideas, Steve Webb says.