As the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Pensions Advisory Service hire people to deliver the guidance guarantee in April 2015, Michael Klimes investigates industry concerns over whether they will be up to the job.
Margaret Snowdon has been re-elected as chairwoman of the The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).
The Pensions Ombudsman's workload could become "completely untenable" if it rules in favour of scheme members seeking to transfer into suspected liberation scams.
PP talks to the SAUL chief executive as she prepares to step down
The industry is not satisfied with efforts to improve contract-based governance
Michael Klimes looks at what must be done to to get the service up and running by April 2015
Members could be losing money because administrators are taking longer to process defined benefit (DB) pension scheme transfers, according to experts.
The transfer of more powers from Westminster to Holyrood would cause a divergence in pension regulation across the UK, the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has warned.
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and the Money Advice Service (MAS) will struggle to cope with the scale and speed of meeting the guidance guarantee, industry figures say.
Plans to launch a guidance qualification could be "killed dead" if the government either dumbs down its guidance guarantee or insists on offering members regulated advice warns Margaret Snowdon.