Regulation

The Pensions Regulator is to investigate how Silentnight's pension obligations were jettisoned when private equity firm HIG acquired the company after calling in administrators.

The Pensions Regulator has said it will run some form of hardship policy for employers who cannot afford to comply with employer duties.

Chief executives of the country's largest companies will receive official notification of their auto-enrolment responsibilities from The Pensions Regulator this week.

EUROPE - The European Commission will extend capital requirements for pension schemes across Europe as early as 2016, industry sources say.

The FSA has for the first time made public its damning indictments of an IFA and an insurance broker who it banned over occupation scheme transfers before a final decision has been made on the cases.

The Financial Services Authority's responsibilities for group personal pensions and stakeholder pensions should transfer to The Pensions Regulator, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

EUROPE - Europe's regulatory focus has shifted from market efficiency to investor protection, according to a report from State Street assessing the impact of new rules on competition and investment performance.

The government must concentrate on deregulation and communications to make it easier for employers to provide good quality pensions and for people to save more, the industry says.

The Pensions Regulator should encourage smaller employers to explore the defined contribution market to fulfil auto-enrolment duties rather than favour NEST, the Society of Pension Consultants says.

The Pensions Regulator is investigating London mayor Boris Johnson's decision to put a tourism organisation into administration rather than taking on its pension liabilities.