Law and Regulation

The Pensions Regulator has been urged to open up on the workings of its determinations panel.

Small businesses do not want to be burdened with choice when selecting a scheme for auto-enrolment.

A majority in the industry do not believe all trust-based schemes should have an independent trustee.

The industry is divided over the impact of accounting rules on scheme deficits.

The National Association of Pension Funds and Wheels Common Investment Fund have lost their bid to recoup £2bn in backdated VAT on investment management services for defined benefit schemes.

Employers need more clarity on their position with regards to enhanced early retirement rights and TUPE, an Allen & Overy lawyer warns.

With Budget 2013 just around the corner, Barnett Waddingham consultant Malcolm McLean lists the top ten announcements he would like to see.

Awareness of auto-enrolment among intermediaries has improved since 2012, but knowledge gaps still remain among small business advisers, the Pensions Regulator says.

Andrew Meeson and Peter Spencer Bradley have been jailed for eight and half years each for their roles in a £5m pension tax fraud dubbed by a judge as "stealing money hand over fist".

Disgraced former tax boss Andrew Meeson - found guilty of a £5m pensions tax fraud on Tuesday - has been linked to two alleged pension liberation cases, PP can reveal.