Regulation

The long-awaited ban on pensions cold calling finally comes into effect tomorrow (January 9th) in a bid to thwart scammers. From this date, it will be illegal for firms to make unsolicited...

The Pensions Regulator has launched an investigations into a suspected £18m pension fraud. TPR says it understands around 370 people have been persuaded to transfers funds - worth £18m - into eight...

The Pensions Regulator has appointed Charles Counsell as its new chief executive. Counsell is currently chief executive of the Money Advice Service, and has previously worked for The Pensions Regulator as director...

Arter has also been reappointed as the Ombudsman for the Pension Protection Fund, again for a further two-year period. The Pension Ombudsman investigates complaints and disputes about personal and occupational pension schemes....

The Financial Conduct Authority says it hopes to “drive up standards” in the claims management sector, when it starts regulating this area of business from April next year. The watchdog has published...

The Competition and Markets Authority has demanded a range of reforms to improve competition in the investment consultant and fiduciary management sector. This recommendations come as the CMA publishes its final report...

The latest figures released about the shape of the master trust market show that one scheme has applied for authorisation so far. Given the window has been open since 1 October 2018...

The Pensions Regulator has launched its first fraud prosecution against an accountant accused of taking cash from a pension scheme. This is the first time the regulator has charged an individual with...

This telecoms giant had been looking to substitute its current measure - the Retail Prices Index (RPI) - with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), which typically increases at a slower rate.  It...

In total 44 per cent of scheme are now in surplus, and 90 per cent of companies could pay off their IAS19 deficit with less than six months earnings.  However it is...