Regulation

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a formal consultation on proposals to shift the inflation link for increases in PPF and FAS payments from the retail prices index (RPI) to the consumer prices index (CPI).

UK - The Department for Work and Pensions' plans to abolish transfers between contracted-out defined benefit and defined contribution schemes could lead to a "firesale" of final salary liabilities, a consultant warns.

Major plan changes to auto-enrolment in 2012 risk undermining the consensus on workplace pension reform, leaving another generation exposed to retirement poverty, the Trades Union Congress warns.

The Pensions Regulator has appointed Nigel Peaple as head of corporate and international affairs.

Tom Selby looks at the potentially costly clarification of equal pay regulations for local authorities

US - Toyota Motor Corp. will face a Maryland public pension fund as the lead plaintiff in a consolidated shareholder lawsuit in which it's accused of failing to disclose defects related to sudden acceleration.

The Pensions Regulator chairman David Norgrove will step down from his role when his second term in post ends on 31 December.

British Airways deal with its scheme trustee over how to plug its £3.7bn deficit has been approved by The Pensions Regulator.

UK - British Airways' deal with its scheme trustee over how to plug its £3.7bn deficit has been approved by The Pensions Regulator.

US - Citigroup has agreed to pay $75m to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission claiming the firm misrepresented its exposure to sub-prime assets to investors.