Legislation

Small businesses face paying more than £2,500 extra a year and ‘extortionate' administration costs to comply with auto-enrolment, the Federation of Small Businesses warns.

The government will publish a formal response to its consultations on the Finance Bill 2011, including details on new pension annuitisation rules, on 9 December.

BT will reduce its scheme liabilities by £2.9bn after the government's decision to use Consumer Prices Index to measure inflation, an actuarial review shows.

Rules on employer-related investment and collective investment schemes do not warrant a switch from trust-based to contract arrangements, Bluefin says.

The government has today detailed plans on how the state pension age will rise to 66 by 2020.

UK pension schemes investing in US companies could face a 30% tax if a proposed US withholding tax is implemented, Hogan Lovells warns.

The first occupational pensions case to reach the Supreme Court will be heard on June 20 and 21, next year.

Stuart Russell discusses legislative changes affecting how retirement income can be taken

HUNGARY - Hungary's parliament has approved the suspension of social security payment transfers to private pension funds as the government seeks to meet a deficit goal approved by the nation's creditors.

UK - Coalition plans to introduce a universal state pension of £140 a week need serious investigation to assess whether they are fair and affordable, the Labour Party warns.