Regulation

Emma Dunkley talks to International Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) director of policy, Jerry Moriarty

Regulations which relax the trivial commutation regime have finally been issued after their original announcement in the 2008 Budget.

The Pensions Regulator has made changes to its material detriment code to ensure greater clarity following an eight-week consultation.

The Pension Protection Fund has launched an updated online reporting system for insolvency practitioners.

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority and department for work and pensions have gone out to consultation on the draft scheme order and rules for personal accounts.

The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board has launched an investigation into the advice provided to the trustee of the First Quench Pension Fund.

The Pension Protection Fund has hit back at critics predicting the lifeboat fund's "long and lingering death".

The Pensions Regulator has reminded scheme managers and trustees it will implement sanctions against "unacceptable behaviour".

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.