Regulation

PROPOSED anti-avoidance powers will act as a deterrent to investment and could increase risk to scheme members, the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association warns.

THE Investment Governance Group must not become a backdoor route for further regulation, the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

THE Pensions Regulator has published final guidance for occupational scheme trustees to help them meet the government's expectations on scheme wind-ups.

The Pensions Research Accountants Group has rejected Accounting Standards Board proposals on pensions reporting.

THE Pension Protection Fund could collect around £160m more than its target of £675m through the buffer built into risk-based levy demands, a consultant claims.

The Pensions Trust was "bitterly disappointed" to discover its Pension Protection Fund levy had risen by £850,000 a year.

The Pension Protection Fund was "completely caught out" by improvements in failure scores when it calculated the risk-based levy scaling factor, consultants say.

The number of trustees commissioning independent covenant reviews has jumped 10pc in the past year, Mercer says.

EUROPE - UK and Irish pension fund associations have spoken out about comments made in support of Solvency II being applied to the industry last week.

THE Financial Services Authority is set to introduce rules to force investors to disclose significant short positions in firms undertaking rights issues.