Regulation

Mike Woodall emphasises the importance of a good quality membership database to effective administration

John Scampion has been reappointed as chairman of The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel for a further four years.

Employees will need to be provided with basic pension scheme information within seven days of starting work from 2012, the government says.

The Pension Protection Fund will take over the role of scheme manager for the Financial Assistance Scheme this summer, latest regulations reveal.

Colin Melvin explores the origins of the global economic downturn and looks at how increased corporate and bank responsibilty will be important factors going forward

A conflicted trustee was deemed to have acted fairly by the pensions ombudsman because an independent trustee was also in place at the scheme.

Imminent Local Government Pension Scheme cost-sharing regulations must give greater clarity on the interaction of the model fund and its real counterparts, Eversheds says.

Charles Suchett-Kaye explains what trustees need to understand about hedge funds in this time of rising liabilities and falling assets

The Pensions Regulator's material detriment test has strayed too far from its intended objectives and risks increasing scheme costs and restricting corporate transactions, Mercer warns.

Tony Barnard discusses the difficulties of converting guaranteed minimum pensions into scheme benefits