Regulation

GLOBAL - The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has chosen French finance minister Christine Lagarde as its new director.

Employers taking on business transfers could be on the hook for unexpected life assurance benefits, thanks to a quirk in Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations.

AUSTRALIA - Potential gaps in strategic, operational and member engagement issues could leave superannuation funds scrambling to catch up if they do not start planning for imminent reforms now, Mercer has warned.

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has postponed its inquiry into EU pension reforms until the autumn to give European officials time to publish its proposals.

Defined contribution schemes are lagging behind defined benefit plans on governance, but 96% of schemes believe their trustee boards are governing effectively or very effectively, research shows

Dr Robin Bevan, headmaster at Southend High School for Boys, explains the rationale behind what will be the biggest teachers’ strike in 30 years about cuts to the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)...

The Treasury is reportedly discussing plans to axe higher-rate tax relief altogether. Here is a list of five things you need to consider (and two other ways the government can extract more taxes from pension savings).

Chancellor George Osborne is considering a £7bn "raid" on pension perks for the better off, according to reports.

Public sector workers will switch to a career average scheme, see their contributions hiked and their retirement age increase as part of government pension reforms, Danny Alexander says.

Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander gave a speech on public service pensions to the Institute for Public Policy Research this afternoon. Here is what he said in full.