Law and Regulation

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson and his business associate Peter Bradley have been found guilty of a £5m pension fraud.

Granting employers the authority to change schemes to mitigate the cost of ending contracting out will be a "very careful balancing act", the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Belgium has joined the UK and other countries in rejecting plans to introduce Solvency II-style regulation for European schemes, raising the possibility the controversial proposals could be blocked.

The Pensions Regulator has launched an e-learning tool for trustees and administrators to help them recognise pension liberation fraud schemes.

MPs will not pay more into their gold-plated pension scheme this year, despite parallel reforms across the public sector to increase contributions.

Small and medium sized employers may attempt to offload auto-enrolment set-up costs onto workers via consultancy charging if they are not properly scrutinised, the Pensions Regulator chief executive Bill Galvin says.

The industry is concerned that a 'Tobin tax' could hit schemes investments.

Industry insiders fear that awareness of auto-enrolment remains alarmingly low.

The industry believes the government should extend its triple lock guarantee of the basic state pension to cover additional state benefits.

Pensions professionals are unsure whether the government's claim that it will always 'pay to save' thanks to its reforms is true.