Regulation

The Pensions Regulator is set to launch a campaign on governance and administration as part of its overall strategy to get employers more involved with pensions ahead of 2012.

From October 2012, large, small and micro employers will have to comply with auto-enrolment pension legislation and The Pensions Regulator will be at the helm of the employer compliance regime. Jenna Towler talks to TPR programme manager Charles Counsell...

US - A Congressional vote yesterday cleared the way for pension funds and other shareholders to nominate board directors.

UK/US - Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

Less than one in five people would remain automatically enrolled in personal accounts when they are implemented in 2012, according to AXA.

Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

UK - Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m (US$14.9m) levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

IRELAND - Ireland should reform its private pension tax system, including reducing the amount of pension tax subsidies, to control costs and improve the efficacy of subsidies, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said in a...

Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

Employers and workers are being asked to submit their views on the default retirement age to feed into the official government review taking place next year.