Law and Regulation

The Pension Advisory Service chief executive Marta Phillips has warned that awareness and understanding of auto-enrolment remains low.

Department for Communities and Local Government is continuing discussions with unions on Local Government Pension Scheme 2014 regulations ahead of the publication of a second consultation later this month.

Brian Hill is an independent financial adviser based in Wiltshire. Here follows an account of his recent experience with a pensions liberation company…

Most people in the industry want the Public Service Pensions Bill to be amended, PP research finds.

An independent pension commission would be backed by the majority of the industry according to research from Professional Pensions.

Only one in five pensions professionals back calls for a code of conduct on medically underwritten buy-ins, according to PP research.

The Pensions Regulator is investigating 21 pensions liberation cases, after the amount of money transferred through the scams doubled to £400m last year.

Increasing contributions above the minimum level for auto-enrolment is not a priority at present, says pensions minster Steve Webb

The House of Lords has passed two amendments to the Public Service Pensions Bill which will secure equal representation for members and employers on scheme boards.

Plans to introduce holistic balance sheets as part of a planned overhaul of European pension regulation are unworkable, PensionsEurope says.