Regulation

The Budget ushered in massive changes in the retirement income space. Helen Morrissey asks what this means for the industry

The industry is facing a ‘capacity crunch', due to pace and volume of regulatory change, says the National Association of Pension funds (NAPF).

Trustees and pension professionals believe there should be regulatory requirements on schemes to put in place better support for members at retirement, Spence Johnson research finds.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued fresh guidelines amid concern that many employers have been referring to contractual enrolment as auto-enrolment (AE).

Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill in order to force providers to fully disclose charges to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The government has confirmed it will delay plans to force schemes to equalise GMPs while it consults further with the pensions industry on the method for conversion.

The government has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department to review income drawdown tables.

Quantitative easing has cost defined benefit schemes £90bn but smoothing may be "too little, too late", the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

The Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into the value for money of workplace defined contribution pensions schemes.

After consulting on options for changing Retail Prices Index, the Office for National Statistics has chosen 'none of the above' and proposed a new index to be published in parallel.