Law and Regulation

Many buzz respondents were concerned that The Pensions Regulator's proposed approach to regulating trust-based defined contribution schemes could overload trustees.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has urged the European Commission to scrap its Solvency II-style proposals for pensions after official figures estimated they would cost UK schemes £450bn.

UK defined benefit sponsors would have to pump €527bn (£448bn) into schemes to meet funding requirements proposed by the European Commission, says the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.

Trustees' focus on maintaining service level agreements for transfers is hampering efforts to detect and stop pensions liberation scams, administrators warn.

Jack Jones looks at the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s report on plans to introduce a single tier state pension

Two collective actions have been launched against RBS. Naomi Rainey examines the implications for institutional investors

The Pensions Regulator has added three new members to its determinations panel and confirmed Andrew Long is the chairman.

More than half of Buzz respondents said The Pensions Regulator's new objective to consider employers' growth prospects would result in lower contributions to schemes. But the majority of these respondents said this would only be the case for a minority...

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has hit out at the government for changing the timetable for introducing a single-tier state pension.

The Department for Work and Pensions' proposal to allow defined benefit schemes to self-certify may be unworkable, industry figures warn.