Regulation

The Pensions Regulator is enabling the option for DB schemes to renegotiate recovery plans to repair scheme deficits, says the regulator in its reviewed Corporate Plan 2009-2012.

A board of trustees must repay more than half a million pounds plus interest after the pensions ombudsman ruled they had breached their investment duties.

Employers no longer have to consult with employees when a group personal pension provider is switched, a lawyer says.

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney

David Johnson looks at The Pensions Regulator's stance against conflicts of interest

Pensions scheme administrators will still have to wait another six months for HM Revenue & Customs to relax the rules on trivial commutation, Allen & Overy says.

US - Retirement security could be reduced by last minute regulation from the Bush administration, witnesses at a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing claimed.

People who have registered for enhanced protection could find it invalidated by 2012 auto-enrolment regulations and face "penal" charges, First Actuarial says.

Regulators should not "pass the buck" to blame pension funds for poor corporate governance, scheme managers say.

About 10% of occupational pension schemes have concerns about the value for money their investment consultant provides, National Association of Pension Funds research reveals.