Law and Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will push ahead with its annuity market probe, and investigate if providers' profit margins are ‘high', despite industry murmurings self-regulation goes far enough.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a formal investigation into Mazars over the advice it gave to the First Quench Pension Fund.

The majority of respondents believe a list of registered pension providers would help crack down on pensions liberation scams. But a quarter of contributors thought this would not guarantee compliance.

A High Court judge has ruled in favour of an underfunded scheme whose insolvent sponsor hoped to offset £2m in payments against its outstanding debt.

Low-paid female workers are missing out on workplace pensions, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady has warned.

Jack Jones looks at the fallout from last week's Supreme Court decision on Nortel

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched 89 investigations into possible non-compliance with auto-enrolment (AE) duties by large employers.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has pushed back plans to simplify scheme disclosure regulations after the industry warned its original October 2013 implementation date was too soon.

Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) who are suing the bank over a £12bn rights issue made months before its near-collapse will have their first day in court tomorrow.

Respondents were split over whether defined ambition (DA) should be used for public sector pensions.Some 36% believe it would be perfect for the public sector and the same percentage believing it is "a silly idea".