Law and Regulation

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....

Taxing surpluses was the measure introduced in the 1980s that most respondents wished had never happened.

Buzz respondents did not have much time for the suggestion that Scotland should have a different state retirement age to the rest of the country.

More than two thirds of Buzz respondents believe the government should set minimum standards for schemes that qualify for use as auto-enrolment vehicles.

Representatives for the Treasury and The Pensions Regulator have cast doubts on the suitability of a single workplace scheme regulator.