Regulation

Ensuring employers are fully prepared for auto-enrolment is not only a duty of The Pensions Regulator and government but falls on the shoulders of industry as well, delegates heard.

Financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban has said the government will not allow European regulators to overrule it on pensions.

Pension schemes are "waking up" to their record-keeping requirements, with the vast majority on track to meet The Pensions Regulator's December 2012 deadline.

A scheme was made to overpay its Pension Protection Fund levy despite all parties in the case acknowledging the figure was based on incorrect information.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has signalled that the government will revisit the issue of risk-sharing as part of its drive to reinvigorate occupational pensions.

Controversial regulatory proposals and a growing insurance market could change the Dutch pensions market indelibly over the next five years. Chris Panteli finds out more

Pensions ombudsman Tony King speaks exclusively to PP about why members are complaining about schemes and what administrators and managers can do to minimise these issues.

NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand superannuation fund is defending against Green Party claims saying it invests in companies manufacturing cluster bombs.

NORWAY - EDB ErgoGroup ASA has agreed to costs totalling some NOK9m ($1.7m) per year to settle a pension dispute with employee unions over its decision to transfer some staffers from a defined benefit to a defined contribution plan.

EUROPE - EU rules on the establishment of cross border pensions must be simplified, Aon Hewitt believes.