Regulation

Many within the industry want the government to hold fire on proposals forcing schemes to make adjustments to benefits to compensate for the effects of unequal GMPs - what's your view?

The Pensions Regulator should be given responsibility for policing enhanced transfer value exercises to allay political concerns on the issue, a lawyer says.

The Pensions Regulator believes it would be "very odd" for it to impose regulation on very small, member-directed DC schemes but said it still expects them to have good governance.

The Pensions Regulator will not pursue moral hazard proceedings against Chemtura to a full determinations panel hearing after the chemical company agreed to contribute £60m to its UK pension scheme.

Early retirement through ill-health was the most common source of complaints received by the Pensions Ombudsman last year, its annual report says.

The Office for Tax Simplification is to review pensioner taxation and employee share schemes in two projects.

More than three quarters of finance directors are in the dark about fines which could be levied on businesses for failure to comply with auto-enrolment regulations.

UK - There is an "overwhelming consensus" among the industry that costs in defined contribution schemes should be clear, simple and comparable, the UK Pensions Regulator says.

The revised IAS19 standard is set to shake-up the pensions industry and close the gap in accounting between the US and Europe, as Helen Morrissey reports

UK - Trustees are to be given new tools by the government to improve their oversight and clarify fiduciary duty in a shake up of trustee responsibilities.