Law and Regulation

The Treasury will not be pursuing plans to smooth assets and liabilities of schemes to reduce deficits.

The Pensions Regulator will have to take into account the "growth prospects" of employers when considering their pension schemes, Chancellor George Osborne said today.

The Chancellor has announced an updated remit for the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, in a move to boost growth through "monetary activism".

The Pension Protection Fund has changed its guidance on certifying contingent assets to increase the value placed on employer guarantees in last man standing schemes.

The Chancellor has been urged by a leading policy expert to consider scrapping salary sacrifice to save the treasury billions of pounds a year.

The latest rumour circulating as Budget 2013 draws near is that George Osborne has his beady eye set on pension commencement lump sums.

The Office for National Statistics' decision to downgrade the status of the retail prices index and publish two additional inflation measures could lead to the index being dropped, warn consultants.

Taha Lokhandwala examines the potential impact of the government’s review of pre-pack administrations

Chancellor George Osborne is unlikely to give the green light to pension scheme smoothing in the Budget on Wednesday, after the industry and lobby groups rejected the proposals.

The Pensions Regulator's decision to focus more on conditional data has been cautiously welcomed by the industry.