Law and Regulation

The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) will open to applications for its professional trustee accreditation framework from the start of the 2020/21 financial year.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has announced new measures around the appointment of professional trustees following concerns that poor governance is putting members’ savings at risk.

Companies with large pension schemes have already made budget allowances in advance of proposed changes to the Retail Prices Index (RPI), Willis Towers Watson (WTW) says.

Former ministers and policymakers reveal how AE was developed in new research project from Nest Insight and the University of Bath. Nick Reeve reports.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out new rules for cost disclosure for contract-based pension schemes, with default funds now required to publish cost and charges data by 31 July 2021, based on 2020 figures.

Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has written to chancellor Sajid Javid demanding he find a solution for heavily-taxed senior NHS workers in his upcoming Budget.

The pension schemes bill heralds an era of tougher governance rules and strengthened member protections, bringing with it a lot of work for trustees, says Fuat Sami.

Former pensions minister Stephen Timms has been elected chairman of the influential Work and Pensions Committee (WPC).

The pension schemes bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords, despite questions over the breadth of government powers.

The UK will leave the EU on 31 January, Professional Pensions’ expert advisory panel tells James Phillips what pension schemes should now be thinking about.