Regulation

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The FSA may extend its rules on pension selling and advice to cover group personal pensions.

SWEDEN/UK - Swedish pension fund Forsta AP-fonden (AP1) filed a lawsuit yesterday against BNY Mellon with the Commercial Court in London over $35.5m of losses.

IRELAND - The ministry of finance has denied media reports that a proposed cut in the state pension is off the table.

IRELAND - Up to a quarter of the country's €24bn ($34.2bn) National Pension Reserve Fund should be used to create jobs and invest in infrastructure, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said.

UK - The government has today detailed plans on how the state pension age will rise to 66 by 2020.

Employers are unlikely to switch to trust-based defined contribution schemes in order to receive contributions back if an employee leaves within two years of auto-enrolling, Paul Johnson says.

GLOBAL - The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors has launched a set of standards to strengthen supervisory techniques globally.

The number of trust-based defined contribution schemes fell by 15% last year, according to data from The Pensions Regulator.

Several people connected with Tudor Capital Management, a pension scheme administration service provider, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud, cheating the public revenue and money laundering.