Work and Pensions Committee

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for a new set of product, communication and governance standards to allow greater provider support for savers.

Auto-enrolment (AE) provider Nest has urged the government to consider protecting unengaged savers in retirement a statutory obligation.

Legislation approved to boost internet safety has not answered numerous calls for the inclusion of economic harm and scams from the finance industry.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) interim chair Sarah Smart has tried to reassure MPs that no conflict of interest will arise from her husband’s role at the British Airways pension schemes.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has urged the government and regulators to “act quickly and decisively” to protect pension savers from scams.

The scam ‘epidemic’ across the pensions industry needs better government intervention in the form of a specifically appointed minister, AJ Bell has reiterated.

The increase in financial scams during the last 12 months has promoted calls from all corners of the pensions industry for better support for savers.

An amendment to the Pensions Schemes Bill which would have seen people given a pre-booked Pension Wise appointment ahead of accessing their retirement savings has been defeated.