Law and Regulation

DC members at smaller employers cannot expect adequate retirement incomes after an "alarming" stagnation of contributions according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries.

Eversheds has launched version two of its interactive PC and iPhone app to include information on pensions law.

Section 6 of The Pensions Regulator's detailed guidance on opting out details how an employee can choose to pay contributions below the minimum level.

Low-paid workers who are likely to opt-out of auto-enrolment could be offered a pensions lifeline via a little-known clause in the legislation that permits companies to offer employees schemes with lower savings requirements, Helm Godfrey says.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on giving more flexibility to pension scheme members whose scheme enters the Pension Protection Fund.

Standard Life has won a legal appeal case brought by professional indemnity insurers over a £100m claim relating to losses arising from its Sterling fund.

The Pension Protection Fund has announced that the levy estimate will be £630m with fewer schemes having their levies capped.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has warned of a "worrying decrease" in the funding provisions within defined benefit schemes in the UK.

Risk-sharing schemes are more suitable for MPs than for other public sector employees, says the Association of Consulting Actuaries.

Zoe Lynch, partner at Sacker & Partners takes a look at the issues likely to dominate the pensions industry in 2013