Regulation

The Actuarial Profession has published a revised framework for use of discount rates in actuarial work following a two-year research and consultation project.

PPF chief executive Alan Rubenstein tells PP what schemes and trustees can do to cut levy payments under the new regime.

The tone of industry regulators is "aggressive and confrontational" rather than being collegiate with the industry, a lawyer says.

The Pensions Regulator has confirmed that addresses will remain under the category of common data and be subject to its stringent data targets.

TPR chief executive Bill Galvin tells PP what the industry needs to do ahead of the 2012 pension reforms.

Employers who provide information on lifetime allowance potential tax charges in light of auto-enrolment have nothing to fear from The Pensions Regulator, delegates heard.

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.