Financial Conduct Authority

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

FCA looking at "spirit of" rules

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are asking the industry for feedback on how to improve customer decisions about pensions at key life points.

Doing nothing is easy. When it comes to making decisions, many of us are primed to follow the path of least resistance. We stick with defaults and we don't bother with "the hassle".

The Mercer Master Trust, Standard Life, and Intelliflo have achieved overall ‘gold’ standard awards in Benefits Guru’s inaugural open finance ratings for workplace pension providers.

Legislation approved to boost internet safety has not answered numerous calls for the inclusion of economic harm and scams from the finance industry.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on creating a long-term asset fund (LTAF) to give more confidence in investing in illiquid assets.

Contract-based pension providers could be required to nudge savers to book Pension Wise appointments before accessing their savings.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

A Treasury Select Committee report on net-zero transitions and the future of green finance has called on the government to consider climate labelling for financial products and ramp up efforts to tackle greenwashing.