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More than 25,000 steelworkers did not return their 'options forms' and as a consequence will remain in the current British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) for now, to move into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) at the end of March.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) attempt to impose a financial support direction (FSD) on ITV for the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme is a "barn door case", it has argued.

"We must do something, this is something, therefore we must do this," is the politician's fallacy famously expounded by Sir Humphrey Appleby in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) it has launched a probe to decide whether there is any basis for using its anti-avoidance powers with regards to Carillion.

TPR says many trustee boards have failed to act on its codes and guidance on governance. Anthony Raymond explains what the watchdog is doing to address the problem.

Industry believes regulator should have tighter control over concerning DB transfers to protect scheme members.

A set of tools to help trustees quiz their advisers and gain confidence in their decision-making has been produced by Aon.

Some £5.4bn was put into defined contribution (DC) pension schemes last year - an increase of 21% year on year, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed it started discussing the future viability of construction giant Carillion with its defined benefit (DB) trustees last July, just after the first profit warning.

In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know if company bosses should be made to repay bonuses if they are found to have deliberately or recklessly underfunded their defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.