Law and Regulation

The move to ban consultancy charging is "less dramatic than it sounds" as most of the charges that can end up with the employer's adviser remain unaffected, according to a consultant.

The government will be given the power to ban incentivised transfer exercises under the Pensions Bill published today.

Contributors enthusiastically backed the latest call for a single regulator for all workplace pensions. More than three quarters said this was the way forward, while fewer than one in five backed the current system.

Using statutory override to change scheme terms at the end of contracting out will be limited to offsetting employers' National Insurance bills, the government has clarified in the Pensions Bill.

The government has set out the exact phrasing of The Pensions Regulator's new employer growth objective.

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.