Regulation

We are now approaching the first anniversary of trustees required to set strategic objectives for their investment consultants, Grant Suckling writes.

The majority of employers currently support the simplification of the pension tax regime, with evidence mounting of its adverse impacts, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) finds.

MPs considering the Pension Schemes Bill in its final stage must push back on changes which could damage private pension viability, according to former pensions minister Ros Altmann.

Legislation formalising trustees’ ESG duties could be overly prescriptive and lay down too much pressure on schemes, the industry has told PP.

Occupational pensions schemes will be required to direct savers to take guidance on pension withdrawals under new provisions to boost engagement.

The government should consider handing to a minister the specific responsibility for tackling the growing number of scams across the finance sector, AJ Bell says.

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has published an open letter to prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to take a personal interest in pension scam problems and push for legislative flexibilities for scam victims.

Outgoing chief executive calls on regulator to change

Pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman has confirmed a cross-sector working group to address the problems caused by small pension pots.

The time flexibility provisions introduced to help schemes which need to report late payments from employers for workplace pension schemes will be revoked, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed.