Law and Regulation

Naomi Rainey asks why the FRC takes so long over certain cases

The European Court has rejected the BT Pension Scheme's attempt to have its partial exemption from paying the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy restored.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has pledged to conduct a review of pensions decumulation.

An investor group has called on the UK Competition Commission (CC) to introduce mandatory audit rotation in its final report on the market.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found breaches to Principle 8 regarding conflicts of interest in half of the firms it reviewed as part of a report into inducements between advisers and providers.

The government may extend its ban on consultancy charging in auto-enrolment (AE) schemes to vehicles set up before it announced the practice would be outlawed.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has said it hopes recent reform will address criticisms of the lengthiness and effectiveness of its disciplinary scheme.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should reverse its decision to consolidate savers' pensions through a system that would see pots following members as they change jobs, says a thinktank.

In a paper published today, Centre for Policy Studies fellow Michael Johnson made 15 recommendations on how the government can address the problem of small pots.

Trustees could miss hedging opportunities when the next European Market Infrastructure Regulations (EMIR) protocol on derivatives comes into force, a lawyer warns.