NAPF 2013: Webb rebuffs calls to merge regulators

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has rebuffed calls from industry members to merge The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) saying it is not the right time.

Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Conference 2013, the minister questioned whether changing the regulatory regime was the right thing to do given all other changes in the...

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