Legislation

MPs have rejected calls to reintroduce the Retail Prices Index for pensions uprating in a debate triggered by an online petition which attracted more than 100,000 signatories.

National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison has warned the European Commission that imposing Solvency II on pension funds could shut off the economic recovery.

The Financial Services Authority has proposed changes to the way pension transfer values are calculated.

Workplace defined contribution pension provision is to be investigated by the MPs who make up the Work and Pensions Committee at the House of Commons.

Former employees of Lloyds TSB are challenging the company's decision to cap increases in pensionable pay in a dispute that could end up in the High Court.

The e-petition protesting the RPI to CPI switch has attracted more than 100,000 signatures and will be debated in the House of Commons on Thursday (1 March).

The government has redrafted legislation on asset-backed funding published two months ago - potentially jeopardising transactions in progress, a consultant says.

The European Commission will not "copy and paste" Solvency II laws into a fresh occupational pension scheme directive, the architect of the IORP review says.

The government has proposed to exempt employees who work both in the UK and European Economic Area member states from auto-enrolment.

Europe's latest white paper on pension provision has done little to allay fears for UK defined benefit schemes should Solvency II come into force.