TPR

Concerns have been raised that the monitoring of incentive exercises will be based only on anecdotal evidence, whistleblowing and self-reporting.

Schemes facing valuations over the next year will have to provide the regulator with more extensive information about their recovery plans.

The Department for Work and Pensions is to consult on giving The Pensions Regulator a statutory objective to consider the effect of recovery plans on sponsoring employers.

The Chancellor will use his Autumn Statement to launch a review into the discount rate The Pensions Regulator uses to calculate the size of deficits.

The Pensions Regulator has forbidden auto-enrolment into small defined contribution and high-charging legacy schemes.

Conflicts of interest among professional trustees and self-interest among providers are standing in the way of necessary pension reforms, says Michael Johnson.

Industry views on The Pensions Regulator are generally positive with almost two-thirds (64%) of respondents rating its performance as good or very good, according to its latest survey.

Trinity Mirror will stick to its reduced deficit funding schedule despite seeing its shortfall increase by a third over the last six months.

Con Keating reviews The Pension Regulator's paper: The Defined Benefit Regime - Evidence and Analysis.

Research from The Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund has revealed just how badly scheme funding levels have been hit by movements in financial markets.