Legislation

Scheme trustee boards have been given more power to join moral hazard cases prosecuted by The Pensions Regulator after a senior judge clarified "directly affected" person laws.

Confusing and contradictory communications could deter millions of part-time workers from saving into a pension under auto-enrolment, warns a consultant.

The Treasury is in talks with US authorities to grant UK schemes a full exemption from the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Sackers has called on the government to rethink plans to equalise scheme benefits, arguing the legislative changes could push schemes into the Pension Protection Fund.

The industry has supported Steve Webb's promotion of ‘defined aspiration' occupational pensions which encourage risk sharing, but warned the government will have to make significant legislative changes to make it work.

State pension payments will rise to an average of £124 a week, an increase of £6 from last year, the government has said.

Auto-enrolment legislation needs to be redrafted to clarify whether employees are allowed to obtain and complete opt-out forms before their enrolment date, argue lawyers and consultants.

Plans to exempt UK employers from having to auto-enrol staff working in Europe have won the backing of the National Association of Pension Funds.

The pensions industry has given its backing to George Osborne's decision to freeze age-related personal tax allowances, announced in the Budget.

ITV has lost its case to prevent trustees of the Box Clever pension scheme from pursuing the broadcaster over a £62m deficit.