Law and Regulation

The government has closed a loophole in legislation which could have allowed employers with hybrid schemes to inappropriately postpone auto-enrolment.

A City of London call centre at the heart of a pension liberation operation has been raided by police and several people have been arrested.

Companies are less likely to be wound up because of their pension deficit after the Supreme Court upheld a decision to set a high threshold for declaring a business insolvent.

The Pensions Regulator is preparing to issue a contribution notice against HIG Europe over its acquisition of Silentnight through a pre-pack administration, according to reports.

Many employers whose schemes had triennial valuations last year were able to maintain or increase existing deficit recovery contributions, says The Pensions Regulator.

The Pensions Bill will introduce a £144 flat-rate state pension from April 2016, the Queen's Speech confirmed today.

The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees to be more flexible when agreeing deficit recovery plans in its annual funding statement.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has updated its advisory content to include additional technical information, factsheets and multimedia content.

Each time the government makes changes to tax relief, the industry complains that trust in saving will be eroded.

Pension minister Steve Webb's decision to stop foreign spouses claiming UK state pension based on their husband or wife's history of National Insurance contributions is 'cynical' and a knee-jerk reaction to UKIP's election success, deVere Group has said....