Regulation

Integrate net zero targets into regulation

Guidance to help trustees comply with climate disclosure rules will also call on them to “act now” to protect pension savers from climate risk, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

The scam ‘epidemic’ across the pensions industry needs better government intervention in the form of a specifically appointed minister, AJ Bell has reiterated.

The government’s “double U-turn” on the retrospective use of the regulator’s new criminal powers in the Pension Schemes Act is creating damaging confusion, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) says.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking views on two sets of regulations concerning The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) powers, as well as on measures to allow defined contribution (DC) schemes to invest more easily in a broader range of asset...

Spring Budget announcement

The industry has provided a predominantly negative response to the confirmation today that the lifetime allowance will be frozen at £1,073,100 until April 2026.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has agreed a settlement in its anti-avoidance case against the current owners of the bed manufacturer Silentnight.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has plans to freeze the lifetime allowance for the rest of the current parliament in a "stealth tax" on the wealthy, according to reports.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has set out six key reform areas it is calling on the government to address before the end of the current parliament.