EU

Jack Jones reports on Europe's plans for UK pensions

Europe's latest white paper on pension provision has done little to allay fears for UK defined benefit schemes should Solvency II come into force.

A European Commission white paper on how to tackle major challenges facing pensions across Europe includes a commitment to revise the IORP directive and Solvency II requirements.

In a recent Professional Pensions story, a lawyer said that the method chosen by the Department for Work and Pensions for equalising GMPs could be challenged. Do you agree?

Pension funds could be caught in the "side-winds" of new EU legislation that "ramps up the pressure" on data protection, lawyers warn.

The constraints on the National Employment Savings Trust were not integral to the organisation qualifying for state aid, says pensions minister Steve Webb.

Cemlyn Foulkes looks at how much progress has been made since the publication of the Hutton Report and asks if individual steps have resulted in a reduction or increase in benefits.

The European Commission has confirmed its ban on gender-based annuity pricing will not apply to occupational defined benefit schemes.

John Redwood urges schemes to manage and avoid obvious risks

Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, 
currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds