PLSA

With just three months to go before TPR's master trust authorisation regime launches, the watchdog has outlined further details of its expectations. James Phillips reports

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is calling for experienced and senior experts from the pensions sector to apply to become members of its soon-to-be-launched policy board.

Companies with more than 250 employees will be required to disclose the pay gap between chief executives and their average staff members from 2019, the government has announced.

Maurice Oldfield - a former chairman of both the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association and the European Federation for Retirement Provision - has died at the age of 87 following a long illness.

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) had a markedly improved year in 2017 as high returns helped increase assets to £263bn as of March 2017.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has appointed Emma Douglas as the inaugural chair of its newly-formed policy board.

University College Union (UCU) and Universities UK have appointed Joanne Segars to chair the joint expert panel to examine the valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is bolstering its policy and research teams with two new appointments.

Regulation aimed at improving the governance of occupational pension schemes has left the sector "regulated to the lowest common denominator" with a "prescriptive and micro-managerial approach".

Graham Vidler has stepped down from his position as director of external affairs at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) after four years in the role.