Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regular (TPR) has been asked not to publish a list of suspected pension liberators over fears it will make those running them harder to catch, Pension Administration Standards Association (PASA) chairman Margaret Snowdon says.

The current High Court case regarding pensions liberation does not have the scope to end the practice, a Chancery Division judge has warned.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advertisement for pension liberation targeting public sector members after a complaint from the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF).

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has passed its third House of Lords reading with an amendment committing the government to reviewing survivors' pensions for same sex married couples and civil partners.

A high-profile court case to determine whether pension liberation schemes are illegal will begin on 16 July.

The majority of respondents think it is time to stop whinging about pot follows members and get on with it, but a third thinks that if the industry is going to be dragged down that road it should go kicking and screaming.

Just one in four respondents believe the pensions industry lobbies government effectively, while three out of five feel we could do better.

Government policies aimed a reducing the liability of the state for supporting people in retirement could fail due to being managed across different departments, auditors suggest.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has laid before Parliament a "shorter and clearer" code of conduct on trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes.

Andrew Warwick-Thompson denies 'passing the buck' on liberation fraud and says we all need to work together to beat the criminals