Law and Regulation

Henry Tapper says the government must stop passing the buck for combatting fraud to trustees

Small employers could phoenix their firms in an attempt to push back their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date, Eversheds partner Francois Barker says.

Labour has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill which would give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) the power to force trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes to merge.

The volume of spam text messages advertising pension liberation fell by 78% after a police raid on a call centre at the heart of a fraudulent operation in the City, according to figures.

The government has added a clause to the Pensions Bill that could exempt companies from having to auto-enrol staff who would not benefit from being put into a scheme.

Pensions minister Steve Webb yesterday laid draft regulations before Parliament which will ban consultancy charging (CC) on auto-enrolment (AE) when they come into effect.

The revised edition of Corporate insolvency: employment and pension rights provides an in-depth analysis of the law relating to insolvency as it interacts with employment and pensions law.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is set to de-register up to 500 pension 'liberation' providers as part of a wider crackdown on the schemes.

Aviva and Hargreaves Lansdown have proposed an alternative system to pot follows member in which members' pensions do not transfer when they move jobs, but their new employers pay into their old schemes.

The financial sector is in prime position to lobby policy-makers but often misses a trick. Rachel Dalton explores