Regulation

The Pensions Regulator has launched an online service to help companies who want to bring forward their staging date for auto-enrolment.

Stephen Hunt, founder of retirement specialist Rockingham Independent, owes the company almost £100,000, according to a report by liquidator Probitas.

The Pensions Regulator has proposed to give its determinations panel an express power to request additional material when considering cases.

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled against a complainant who argued part of his pension should be classified as DC in order to protect it from Pension Protection Fund reductions.

Professional Pensions is set to publish a special focus on data hubs and middleware for auto-enrolment in April.

The Pensions Regulator has spent nearly £3.2m on external barrister fees over the past two years, with one-third of those costs spent on one legal case alone, figures show.

The National Employment Savings Trust has finalised its opt-out process ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment later this year.

The Financial Services Authority has removed the permissions of SIPP provider HD Administrators with immediate effect after two directors were arrested.

Small to micro employers will be given a "significant easement" of £1.7bn in the roll-out of auto-enrolment, under government plans to delay both staging and contribution rates.

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of the Omnibus II directive - providing insurers with extra time to comply with Solvency II.