Law and Regulation

Industry figures have welcomed the Work and Pensions Committee's call for a single regulator for trust- and contract-based schemes.

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Committee, and Andrew Bailey, executive director of the new Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), have rounded on the European Union (EU) over its "shocking" implementation of Solvency II.

Economic secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid has denied that bringing forward the end of contracting out by one year was motivated by the expected £5bn boost to the Exchequer.

The Department for Work and Pensions has whittled down its preferred structures of defined ambition schemes to three ‘DB-lite' models.

The fight against pension liberation scams would be easier if The Pensions Regulator had more power to act, TPR chairman Michael O'Higgins says.

George Osborne has said the Bank of England's new Financial Policy Committee must provide "consistent messages" so it does not risk jeopardising the economic recovery.

Lloyds Banking Group has taken a £2.1bn hit to its balance sheet after adopting revised accounting standards for its pension scheme 12 months early.

Hannah Brenton looks at the DWP's plans for an 'automatic transfer' system for small pots

Jack Jones looks at the impact of changes to the Takeover Code designed to give trustees more power over mergers and acquisitions

The Chancellor has intervened in the financial transaction tax row, challenging the proposal in court. Hannah Brenton analyses