Regulation

The Pensions Regulator has warned investors it will take action against firms triggering pre-pack insolvencies to offload pension liabilities from businesses, delegates heard.

The pensions industry must become more transparent on costs and charges and hold firm on the merits of auto-enrolment, delegates heard.

The Pensions Regulator is determined to ‘get under the skin' of the country's 1,700 hybrid schemes to ensure they are properly monitored.

Complying with auto-enrolment regulations is going to be an "absolute minefield" for certain employers and they must start planning accordingly, delegates heard.

Pension funds are developing a code of conduct around charging transparency which will see customers told "in pounds and pence" how much of their savings are lost in management charges.

The Pensions Regulator has raised concerns that defined contribution trustee governance is not up to scratch

The Court of Appeal ruling in the Nortel/Lehman case means ordinary workers could see redundancy and notice pay extinguished by a pension scheme ‘super creditor', a lawyer says.

UK - The government has announced a six month delay in the increase in the state pension age in 2020.

The Actuarial Profession has suggested scheme actuaries be barred from advising companies on funding but stopped short of proposing an outright ban on actuaries working for both trustee and sponsor.

Jonathan Stapleton on trustee codes of conduct