Law and Regulation

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will call for evidence on quality standards across all defined contribution schemes later this year.

Jack Jones looks at the jubilant reaction from the UK to the news that the European Commission is shelving plans to impose stringent solvency requirements on schemes

After the IORP debacle, Jonathan Stapleton asks if more European regs are appropriate

First Actuarial’s Henry Tapper says employers should look carefully at adviser remuneration on GPPs

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has called for a levy to be raised on the industry to fund the organisation and strengthen its "operational independence".

A Labour government would force small, poorly-performing schemes to merge, shadow welfare secretary Liam Byrne will announce today.

Respondents were split down the middle over whether the government should make it easier for pensioners to release equity from their homes.

Almost half of Buzz contributors think The Pensions Regulator managed to find the right balance between its competing obligations with its latest funding statement.

The European Commission (EC) has dropped plans to include solvency requirements in an overhauled pensions directive to be presented this autumn.

Helen Morrissey says Steve Webb won't tolerate the industry dragging its heels