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TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties

Companies which have tried to dodge their pension duties by changing their identities are being "hunted" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in a crackdown on non-compliance with auto-enrolment (AE).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 July 2019
Pension negligence lands boss with seven-year ban
Pension negligence lands boss with seven-year ban

An insurance company director has been banned from company directorships after failing to keep adequate records and provide scheme members with up-to-date information.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 July 2019
Trustee given 40-month jail sentence after embezzling £290,000 of scheme funds
Trustee given 40-month jail sentence after embezzling £290,000 of scheme funds

A trustee is imprisoned after using employees' funds to prop up struggling businesses and buy a home for his daughter. James Phillips looks at the details of the case.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 March 2019
Insolvency Service issues scam warning after £202m of pension savings 'misused'
Insolvency Service issues scam warning after £202m of pension savings 'misused'

Savers are being warned by the Insolvency Service to guard their pension pots from investment scammers and negligent trustees as it winds up 24 companies.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 21 January 2019
TPR launches first fraud prosecution; Accountant suspected of taking cash from scheme
TPR launches first fraud prosecution; Accountant suspected of taking cash from scheme

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched its first fraud prosecution into an accountant suspected of taking money from a pension scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 December 2018
Frank Field to meet Insolvency Service chief over BHS pre-sale audit
Frank Field to meet Insolvency Service chief over BHS pre-sale audit

Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Frank Field will continue his probe of former BHS owner Sir Philip Green as he prepares to meet Insolvency Service chief executive Sarah Albon later this month.

  • Regulation
  • 12 November 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included The Insolvency Service disqualifying four trustee directors who were found to have mismanaged members' pension funds.

  • Industry
  • 28 September 2018
Four trustee directors banned after mismanaging members' pension funds
Four trustee directors banned after mismanaging members' pension funds

The Insolvency Service has disqualified four directors of trustee firms from running companies for a total of 34 years following an investigation.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 September 2018
Pension-dodging 'phoenix' company bosses face disqualification
Pension-dodging 'phoenix' company bosses face disqualification

Company bosses who deliberately dissolve their company to avoid paying pension contributions could be hit with disqualification under government plans.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 August 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included the Insolvency Service disqualifying four pension directors from running companies for a total of 21 years for their role in the businesses' mismanagement of member funds.

  • Industry
  • 13 July 2018
Insolvency Service disqualifies four directors following trustee firm probe
Insolvency Service disqualifies four directors following trustee firm probe

Four directors of two trustee firms have been banned from running companies for a total of 21 years following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 July 2018
'Rogue' pension firms wound up for 'scant regard' to £21m savings
'Rogue' pension firms wound up for 'scant regard' to £21m savings

The High Court has wound up six pension and finance companies after they were found to have abused millions of pounds of people's savings.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 31 May 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included coverage of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) latest working paper, and six pension firms placed in provisional liquidator after an Insolvency Service investigation.

  • Industry
  • 06 April 2018
Insolvency Service puts six pension firms into provisional liquidation
Insolvency Service puts six pension firms into provisional liquidation

The Insolvency Service has placed six firms overseeing 15 occupational pension schemes into provisional liquidation after an investigation.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 April 2018
Chappell faces disqualification over BHS saga; Sir Philip Green spared
Chappell faces disqualification over BHS saga; Sir Philip Green spared

Ex-BHS chief Dominic Chappell faces up to 15 years of disqualification from running or controlling companies for his handling of British Home Stores (BHS).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 March 2018
Committees to hold joint probe of 'grimly familiar tale' of Carillion collapse
Committees to hold joint probe of 'grimly familiar tale' of Carillion collapse

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEISC) will hold two sessions to probe why Carillion went into liquidation.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 24 January 2018
Trustee companies wound up after collecting £3.5m fees from unauthorised investments
Trustee companies wound up after collecting £3.5m fees from unauthorised investments

The Insolvency Service has shut down two trustee companies after an investigation found they had failed to seek independent investment advice, comply with their own governance statements, and adhere to regulation.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 April 2017
Frank Field: Insolvency Service 'has raised its game' on BHS
Frank Field: Insolvency Service 'has raised its game' on BHS

Frank Field has praised the appointment of a specialist counsel by the Insolvency Service (IS) as part of its enquiry into the demise of British Home Stores (BHS).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 February 2017
Insolvency Service shuts down five pension liberation firms
Insolvency Service shuts down five pension liberation firms

The Insolvency Service has revealed it closed down five pension liberation firms in its last financial year from April 2015 to March 2016.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 August 2016
What were the top pension stories this week?
What were the top pension stories this week?

This week's top stories were about speculation over a ban on defined benefit (DB) transfers, the Bank of England's interest rate cut, and the closure of advisory firm City Noble.

  • Industry
  • 05 August 2016
Insolvency Service shuts down pension liberation company
Insolvency Service shuts down pension liberation company

The Insolvency Service has wound up a pension liberation company which helped savers access their funds earlier than allowed, following a High Court battle.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 August 2016
Field writes to Insolvency Service and SFO about BHS
Field writes to Insolvency Service and SFO about BHS

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has told the Insolvency Service (IS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) it will co-operate with any probes into British Home Stores (BHS).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 05 May 2016
PPF publishes guide for restructuring and insolvency professionals
PPF publishes guide for restructuring and insolvency professionals

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published refreshed guidance for restructuring and insolvency professionals (IP).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 January 2016
Director disqualified for 12 years for £26m pension fraud

A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 November 2015
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