Financial Conduct Authority

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.

There is a lack of black people across senior role in financial services and there is a “strong business case” for improving diversity, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

Guidelines on what is and is not viewed as defined benefit (DB) trustees providing members with regulated advice need to be clearer, respondents to a Professional Pensions survey say.