Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has opened a consultation on defined benefit (DB) regulation, setting out how it will pursue its new objective to minimise the impact of scheme funding on employer growth.

More than three quarters of respondents believed the FRC should wade into the charges debate and force fund managers to own up.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has urged the industry to throw its weight behind pensions minister Steve Webb's defined ambition (DA) plans.

The industry is less convinced that DA will be taken up by smaller companies, with almost half this week's respondents saying no option under consideration would appeal to this sector.

The Pension Regulator's (TPR) defined contribution (DC) code of practice has come into effect, supported by an enforcement and compliance regime for trustees.

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.