Law and Regulation

Aviva says it expects to have blocked 600 suspected pensions liberation requests by the end of 2013.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation into the statutory definition of money purchase benefits.

Large employers have criticised the government, pensions industry and payroll providers for the level of support available in setting up auto-enrolment (AE).

Benne Van Popta has been elected chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions' (EIOPA) occupational pensions stakeholder group.

The use of an annuity broker at retirement could be written into the latest version of the Pensions Bill after Labour tabled an amendment to the legislation.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned trustees and employers within multi-employer defined benefit (DB) schemes that they cannot count deficit repair contributions as payments towards section 75 (s75) debts as well.

Naomi Rainey looks at where HMRC and the High Court’s actions leave trustees

Jack Jones talks to PPF chief executive Alan Rubenstein about what the future holds for the lifeboat fund

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the ban on individual transfers into the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will be lifted before 2017.

Trustees are still ‘none the wiser' following a High Court test case into suspected liberation vehicles, a lawyer warns.