Law and Regulation

Rachel Dalton on the new responsibilities of the regulator

Jack Jones says the unsayable - that tax relief is not the be all and end all

Jonathan Stapleton on the chancellor's approach to tax relief

Hannah Brenton analyses the impact of the cuts to annual and lifetime contribution limits

The Pensions Regulator has begun auto-enrolment with a 24% opt out rate for newly enrolled members and an overall take up rate over 98%.

Auto-enrolment could lead to increasing risk aversion in UK schemes, pension professionals believe.

Three men have been arrested under suspicion of the manipulation of Libor.

Solvency II-style capital requirements for schemes could cost employers £350bn, cut 180,000 jobs from the economy and reduce the value of pensions warns the Confederation of British Industry.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has launched a consultation on how national regulators submit information to it.

The auto-enrolment earnings trigger could be pushed up to £9,440 following a surprise increase in the personal tax allowance in yesterday's Autumn Statement.