Regulation

The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Liam Coleman to be its appointed chair. Coleman will take up the role on 10 October 2025. The FCA and the Financial Ombudsman are currently seeking to...

Death-in-service benefits from a registered scheme will be excluded from inheritance tax when the government brings pensions into the IHT net in 2027. This was confirmed in details published yesterday, setting out...

Barnett Waddingham has submitted the first actuarial valuation under the new regulatory regime for DB schemes.  The consultantcy completed the assessment for The Pension and Life Assurance Plan of the Royal Society,...

In winning 65 seats in the Durham County Council’s May local elections, Reform party leader Nigel Farage warned government workers that “anybody who’s working on climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)… I...

The government needs to take ‘decisive action’ on pensions, including addressing AE minimums,  to ensure the system is  fit or the next generation of retirees, according to the final report from the...

The Pensions Regulator has set up a pensions data and digital working group to promote better use and management of data across the industry.  In a blog, the TPR’s executive director of...

The Pensions Regulator is urging trustees to respond to today's consultation on a new advice category, to be known as ‘targeted support’. Targeted support is primarily designed to offer a cost-effective and...

Less than half of the UK’s biggest multi-employer DC pension providers had private market asset allocations in their largest default at the end of 2024 — 17 months after the Mansion House...

The future of Lifetime Isas hangs in the balance after an influential parliamentary report said they were overly complex, fail to support good financial decisions and are not ‘working as intended’, throwing...

The Financial Conduct Authority has appointed Sarah Pritchard to the new role of deputy chief executive. The regulator says this reflects its expanding remit, with the integration of the Payment Systems Regulator,...