Regulation

When will the pensions industry and, more importantly, its members, clients and customers get access to the pensions dashboard? The answer is not until 2023 at least. In October 2020, the Pensions...

Thousands of people who were advised to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme could be in line for compensation, with the regulator now consulting on a redress scheme. The Financial...

Improving standards of governance across the workplace pension sector has been a major focus for both regulators and the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does governance now rank in advisers’...

Could getting pension providers involved in Pension Wise help solve the service’s problem of low take up? This is a question that the Money and Pension Service (MaPS) - which manages Pension...

Since 1 October all DC schemes have been required to report on the net performance of their investments.  This is the first step towards the value for member (VFM) assessments that are...

Corporates that are employers in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes – and anyone associated or connected with them – should take note of the notifiable events framework, or risk a fine of...

"Look around the UK benefits industry and you will notice that there are still far too few people who look like me.” Uche Enemchukwu, chief executive Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions, is direct...

Priorities have shifted as a result of the pandemic, with employers’ and employees’ expectations changing significantly. For large multinationals, this has meant a rethink on benefit strategies and global solutions, such as...

The Financial Conduct Authority will now require pension schemes to refer savers to Pension Wise guidance  before taking benefits.  Its policy statement on stronger nudges towards pensions guidance says “it is a...

Superfunds transfers will increasingly become a popular ‘plan B’ option for DB schemes with weak sponsors, according to leading pension law firms. In a survey of 11 of the biggest pension law...