Regulation

Transitioning to a low carbon economic system is arguably the greatest challenge the modern economy has ever faced. The UK’s workplace pension funds are stepping up to the plate to play their...

Pension scheme trustees need to prepare for rising cyber-crime according to new industry warnings. Recent research by RSM UK shows that despite a significant  increase in the number of these attacks, the...

Goverment plans to boost DC investment into illiquids could add to scheme costs without delivering benefits to members, according to a leading pension consultant.  In its response to the government consultation on...

The regulator’s drive to consolidate the DC sector is making progress. Whether that progress is fast enough for the pensions minister will depend on the decisions made by employers, trustees and pension...

Trustees and pension scheme administrators should start preparing now for new regulations designed to reduce pension fraud. New measures designed to prevent pension fraud will come into effect in June 2022. On...

Anders Lundström, the chief executive of MinPension.se — the Swedish pensions dashboard — has first hand experience of the challenges ahead for the UK, as it develops its own dashboard initiative.  Although...

While Sipps allow pension investors with a keen interest in the stock market to make their own investment decisions, they have also permitted significant abuse by some corrupt advisers and unscrupulous Sipp...

Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board. Formed in 2018 this policy board guides...

 A report published in October last year exposed a worrying link between pension schemes and climate change.The research, conducted by Make My Money Matter, an organisation which describes itself as a ‘people-powered...

What are the new VFM regulations, and how will they impact trustees? There has been a lot of talk about ‘value for money’ regulations, but we prefer to think about ‘value for...