TPR

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) are investigating the pre-pack insolvency of Astracast over concerns the firm's owner has dumped its scheme on the lifeboat fund.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will work in conjunction with other regulators to develop actuarial assessment and quality standards in the coming year.

Annie Healy has joined BESTrustees as head of business development.

LCP has appointed former Aon Hewitt regional operations director Suzanne Taylor as a senior consultant within its pensions administration team.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Tony Foster and David Latham to its Determinations Panel.

Small schemes cost almost four times as much to run as big schemes and almost six times more than the largest funds, according to research from The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

LCP has boosted the number of partners within its team to 98 following five promotions and considerable growth over the past five years.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) head of defined contribution (DC) regulation Darran Burton has joined LCP on a part-time secondment for an initial six-month period.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed the opening of a number of case investigations into scheme record-keeping following its thematic review.

More than six out of ten contributors said the number of probes launched by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) into auto-enrolment non-compliance was confirmation that regulations were too complex.