Regulation

The Pensions Regulator has offered guidance to trustees, setting out action they need to take before the Bank of England’s ends its bond buyback programme at the end of this week. The...

The FCA should have a statutory objective to promote financial wellbeing, according to a leading industry body. The Investing and Savings Alliance (Tisa) has called for amendments to the Financial Services and...

SPONSORED COMMENT As automatic enrolment reaches its 10-year anniversary, many commentators will be talking about its success. The numbers speak for themselves, with over 10 million people added to workplace pensions, boosting...

New DB regulation, due to come into force next year, could force employers to pay higher sums into  these schemes, potentially driving some out of business altogether, according to analysis from LCP....

When new ministers are appointed there is a risk that they simply roll forward everything that their predecessors had set in train.  But change of leadership offers a good opportunity to reassess...

The pensions industry has urged caution over proposed plans merge a number of financial regulators into one ‘mega-regulator’.  These plans were initially proposed on the campaign trail by Liz Truss. Now she...

Dominic Harris, a specialist pension lawyer, has been appointed as the new Pensions Ombudsman. The Department of Work and Pensions confirmed that Harris will take over when the current Ombudsman Anthony Arter...

Asset managers working in private markets are failing to provide their clients with the information they need to effectively manage climate risks, pension consultants warn. Research by Hymans Robertson warns that this...

DB trustees and scheme managers must take action now to ensure the eventual move to pensions dashboards is as straightforward as possible, according to Hymans Robertson. This warning comes as the pension...

Mercer is the latest consultancy firm to warn that proposed government regulations will accelerate the demise of DB schemes -  potentially causing problems for sponsors, trustees and DC schemes. In a strongly...